LAHORE: Four people died due to Covid-19 and another 69 new cases were recorded in Punjab during the last 24 hours.

The four people who died due to Covid belonged to Lahore, Faisalabad, Multan and Muzaffargarh. During the last 24 hours, 27 people were tested positive in Lahore, 17 in Rawalpindi, five in Faisalabad, three each in Mandi Bahauddin and Mianwali.

DENGUE: Three people died of dengue and 73 others were tested positive in the province during the last 24 hours. Of them 59 were infected with dengue in Lahore, four in Multan, three in Faisalabad, two each in Gujranwala and Sahiwal and one each in Bahawalpur, Narowal and Sheikhupura.

Published in Dawn, December 5th, 2021

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