RAWALPINDI: The dengue case count has reached 2,341 positive cases with the arrival of 23 more patients in the past 24 hours.
District Coordinator Epidemics Prevention and Control (DCEPC) Dr Sajjad Mehmood on Wednesday said that 14 patients came from the Potohar town urban area, seven from Municipal Corporation Rawalpindi and one each from Rawalpindi Cantonment and Taxila Cantonment.
He also informed that 2,310 confirmed patients had been discharged following recovery while 50 patients were transferred to the district’s health facilities, among them, 30 tested positive for dengue.
Regarding penalties, the health officer said that the district administration, in collaboration with allied departments, had filed 4,328 FIRs, sealed 635 premises, issued tickets to 1,295 and a fine of Rs 96,40,304 was imposed on violations of dengue Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) this year.
During the last day’s indoor vector surveillance, the teams inspected 7,135 houses and larvae were discovered at 300 sites during outdoor surveillance larvae were found at 74 locations while inspecting 3,457 places. —APP
