The dengue death toll in the province reached 300 on Tuesday as three more succumbed to the virus in Lahore.

The dengue death toll in the province reached 300 on Tuesday as three more succumbed to the virus in Lahore. The victims included 20-year-old Neelam of Qila Gujjar Singh, 50-year-old Sharifan Bibi of Faizabad who died in the Mayo Hospital and 60-year-old Naseen Bibi of Township who died in the Ittefaq Hospital.According to the Punjab Health Department, 87 new dengue cases were reported in the last 24 hours from across the province, including 49 from Lahore. The department said that the situation was worsening in Faisalabad with the number of dengue patients on a constant rise in the city. According to the department’s report, 222 dengue patients had been cured and discharged from various hospitals of the city during the last 24 hours which included 69 patients from the Mayo Hospital, 22 from the LGH, 22 from the Services Hospital, 15 from the Jinnah Hospital, 16 from the Kot Khawaja Saeed Hospital, 57 from the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, 2 from the Children’s Hospital, and 5 patients discharged from the Saidmetha Hospital.According to the report, so far 19,845 dengue patients had been cured and discharged from different hospitals in Punjab, out of which 16,812 were from various hospitals of Lahore.