The first dengue-related death of the year has been reported in Sindh. According to sources, a dengue patient passed away at the Sindh Infectious Diseases Hospital. This marks the first fatality due to dengue in the province this year.
Hospital administration stated that the 24-year-old patient had been on a ventilator for two days, and his platelet count had dropped to 32,000. In a healthy person, platelet levels typically range between 150,000 and 450,000.
Meanwhile, the Health Department reported that a total of 295 dengue cases have been recorded across Sindh so far this year, with 260 of them reported from Karachi alone.
