KARACHI, Nov 18: A 29-year-old man admitted to a private hospital with a history of high-grade fever and fits for six days died at a private hospital on Friday.

Sources at the Liaquat National Hospital (LNH) told Dawn that the patient tested positive for the Congo Crimean haemorrhagic fever virus by a private university hospital.

The patient was a resident of Gazdarabad, Ranchhore Line.

Retired Brig Syed Nasim Ahmed, director of administration at the LNH, told Dawn the man was said to have lived for a week before his illness with a friend in the cattle market during the Eid days. However, the exact occupation and family details of the victim could not be known from the LNH.

He was brought to the LNH with a high-grade fever in a state of unconsciou-sness, bleeding at the mouth, on Nov 15. He was diagnosed as a CCHF case on Nov 17, he added.

It was further learnt that the patient was being treated at the medical intensive care unit of the LNH.

Three deaths by Congo fever were reported last year, one each at the Indus Hospital, Aga Khan University Hospital and Abbasi Shaheed Hospital.