KARACHI: The Sindh health department has said that two more women died of dengue in Karachi and Hyderabad, bringing the death toll to 29 this year.

It said one of the deceased patients lived in Karachi’s Liaquatabad area.

The department said that a total of 5,412 tests were conducted across Sindh during the last 24 hours, out of which 976 tested positive for dengue.

In Karachi Division, 3,951 tests were carried out with 528 confirmed cases. As many as 1,461 tests were conducted in Hyderabad division which resulted in 448 positive cases.

Health Secretary Rehan Baloch stated that 127 new dengue patients were admitted to government hospitals and 84 to private hospitals in the last 24 hours.

Meanwhile, 96 patients were discharged from government facilities and 79 from private hospitals after recovery.

So far this month, 8,331 dengue cases have been reported in Sindh, raising the total number of infections this year to 13,908.

Currently, 269 patients are under treatment in government hospitals and 184 in private facilities across the province.

For dengue patients, 293 beds have been allocated in Karachi’s public sector hospitals, 167 in Hyderabad, and 556 in other districts, totalling 1,026 across Sindh.

In private hospitals, 482 beds have been reserved for dengue patients, the health department said.

Published in Dawn, November 13th, 2025