A girl suffering from dengue fever sits under a mosquito net while seeking treatment at a hospital in Lahore. — Photo by Reuters

ISLAMABAD: Dengue claimed five lives in Lahore while a patient passed away in Chichawatni on Saturday.

Aslam, 50, a resident of Iqbal Town and Mubashir, 50, a resident of Samanabad died in the Ganga Ram Hospital while Shakil, 30, of Jaranwala passed away at Lahore’s Mayo Hospital. Moreover, Rashid and Imran of Ghaziabad succumbed to the fever at Services Hospital, a private television channel reported.

In Chichawatni, 40-year-old Ghulam Murtaza fell victim to the virus.

The number of dengue cases was also increasing in other cities, including Faisalabad, Bahawalpur, Sargodha and Taxila.

In Faisalabad, the number of dengue patients has reached 1,324. Moreover, the number of dengue patients has risen to 305 in Bahawalpur, 232 in Sargodha and 90 in Taxila.

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