RAWALPINDI: The Rawalpindi’s dengue total tally had reached 2,133 positive cases with the arrival of 30 more patients within last 24 hours.
District Coordinator Epidemics Prevention and Control (DCEPC), Dr Sajjad Mehmood on Sunday said that 15 patients hailed from Potohar town urban area, 10 from Municipal Corporation Rawalpindi, three from Rawalpindi Cantonment and two from Potohar rural.
He informed that 2,059 confirmed patients had been discharged upon recovery while 89 patients were admitted to the district’s health facilities, with 73 of them testing positive for dengue.
Giving details of the penalty actions, the health officer revealed that the district administration, in collaboration with allied departments, had filed 4,180 FIRs, sealed 619 premises, issued 1,205 tickets, and imposed a fine of Rs 84,42,304 on violations of dengue SOPs in 2023.
During the last day’s indoor vector surveillance, the teams inspected 13,220 households, and larvae were detected at 502 sites while during outdoor surveillance larvae were found at 70 spots out of 6,748 places inspected.
The health officer expressed optimism that dengue cases would decrease in the coming days due to changing weather conditions. However, he emphasized the residents to remove accumulated water after rain as it was the primary cause of larvae breeding. —APP
