KARACHI:Dengue fever has claimed woman life in the city, taking the death toll from this mosquito-borne disease to 17 since Jan 01, 2019.
A 35 year old woman, Asma wife of Irshed, resident of North Karachi was brought to a private hospital of Karachi with high grade fever a couple of days ago and later she died due to dengue fever.
Spokesman Prevention and Control Program for Dengue (PCPD) Sindh, while talking to PPI, confirmed the death of woman due to dengue fever complications in a private hospital of the city and informed a total 17 people have died of dengue in Karachi city this year so far.
In 2019, a total of 5,362 dengue cases have been reported in Sindh province so far; 5,042 from Karachi and 320 in other districts.