LAHORE: Another seven people including five women died of dengue fever in different hospitals on Saturday, raising the death toll to 205 in the city.

Dengue cases are on the rise and patients with high fever flocked to hospitals in the provincial metropolis.

Today, 60-year-old Mukhtaran Bibi of Baghbanpura, Mrs Iqbal (61) of Temple Road and Arooj of Dharampura lost their battle against dengue at Services Hospital while under treatment Rabia (24) of Kot Khawaja Saeed, Aliza (7) and Saeed of Bahawalpur died at Mayo Hospital.

The identity of the seventh patient who perished at a private hospital could not be ascertained.

Health department figures revealed that during the last 24 hours, 312 new dengue cases were reported in Punjab, raising the number to 14,978 while 498 new cases were reported in Lahore, raising the total to 13,457. Some 1,862 patients are under treatment in various hospitals in Punjab while over 600 have already been cured.