The dengue fever situation is getting worse day by day as the health department declared on Tuesday the death of four more patients. According to the latest data released by the department, 20 people have so far died of dengue fever in the province, four of them in the last 24 hours, while more than 1,200 patients tested positive for the mosquito-borne viral infection in a single day.
While the health department has confirmed 20 deaths, the actual number of fatalities is said to be much higher in Karachi and Hyderabad. The official figures show that 13 deaths were reported in October in Sindh: four in Hyderabad, one in Tando Muhammad Khan, one in Korangi, three in Malir, two in Karachi East and two in Karachi West.