KARACHI:Vector Borne Diseases Department of Directorate General Health Services, Sindh has registered 114,225 cases across the Sindh province in 2020 while no malaria related death was reported in the province.
According to the statistics shared by Sindh Health Department, a total of 114,225 malaria cases recorded throughout the province in last year. The most of cases were reported in Umerkot (14,580), Thatta (13,284), Badin (12,620), Tharparkar (11,308), Larkana (10,902), Tando Muhammad Khan (9,814), and Mirpurkhas (7,116).
Similarly, More than 1,032 malaria cases were reported in Karachi in 2020 at microscopic Centers working in the city for treatment of malaria patients. The number of malaria cases was low in Karachi, Hyderabad and other urban cities as compared with rural areas of the province.
Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease and its outbreak took place after monsoon rains due to which thousands of people fell sick in whole Sindh. The malaria cases were common in rural areas of Sindh province as compared urban areas, dengue cases were generally reported from urban areas.
In Sindh, more than 1200 malaria diagnostic and treatment Centers operating all over the province.
In 2019, Malaria Control Program Sindh had recorded 146,470 malaria positive cases in the province.