Current Affairs

Tuesday 13 September 2011

Dengue fever death toll rises to 3 in KPK

PESHAWAR: Dengue fever claimed one more life in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), raising the death toll in the province to three, Geo News reported.

The provincial health department states that the individual who lost his life after contracting the Dengue virus was a resident of Manshera. Prior to this an individual from Haripur and one from Nowshera fell victim to the virus.

According to the health department, over 100 patients suspected of having Dengue are admitted in hospitals across KPK while there have been 29 confirmed cases.