HYDERABAD, Nov 12: Five more patients were tested positive for hemorrhagic fever caused by the dengue virus in Hyderabad civil hospital, according to hospital sources.

Test reports of several other patients, admitted to hospital, are awaited.

Reports said that five patients including Pervaiz Brohi, a resident of Shahdadpur, Asif 27 and Imran, residents of the city and Khan Mohammad, a resident of Golarchi, Badin district, were tested positive hemorrhagic fever after their blood test reports.

Seven patients were admitted to hospital on Saturday and the reports of four were awaited.

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