KARACHI: The provincial health department confirmed on Wednesday that it recorded a total of 182 dengue cases so far this year and all the cases were reported in Karachi.

The figures shared by the Sindh dengue prevention and control programme cell showed not a single case reported anywhere in Sindh except for Karachi. However, the lethal mosquito-borne disease did not cause any death as yet.

The figures showed that 16 dengue cases from various hospitals of Karachi had been reported last week, which brought the total number to 182.

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Officials said that more than 800 cases of dengue were reported in Sindh last year, of which four were reported in Hyderabad and seven in other districts of Sindh. The remaining 800 cases were reported in Karachi.

The deaths caused by dengue in Sindh were 11 — all in Karachi. In 2013, more than 6,000 dengue cases were reported of which 32 victims died.

Published in Dawn, April 16th, 2015

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