Six more people, including two women, died of dengue fever in various hospitals of the Punjab capital on Sunday.Reports said three patients -- Fatima Bibi, 25, of Tajpura Scheme, Rasheed, 70, (Rehman Scheme Service Road) and Abdul Majeed, 70, (Makhanpura) -- died of dengue fever at Mayo Hospital, Akhtar Bibi, 60, (Mozang) and Muhammad Hanif, 50, at Services and Muhammad Shahzad, 25, (Chuhng) died at social security infirmary.
According to a health department report, during the last 24 hours 371 new patients, including 320 in Lahore alone, were tested positive for the disease. It said four people died of the dengue fever during the last 24 hours, raising official corpse count to 231 including 207 in the Punjab capital alone.
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