The number of dengue cases is on the increase in Multan as 6 new patients have been reported at Multan’s Nishtar Hospital.

According to details, 12 patients are already under-treatment in isolation ward of the hospital.

Patients belong to different districts of northern Punjab, Hospital administration told media.

The dengue pandemic has raised serious health concerns across the country with thousands affected.

The number of dengue cases has risen up to 6,751 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

As many as 6,446 citizens have been affected this year from Karachi while more than 400 from other districts of Sindh have been affected.

The Health Department of Sindh says that 20 people have died of dengue this year. Last year, 2,088 people were affected by dengue out of which two died.

In addition, there were 2,927 dengue cases reported in 2017, of which 12 died.