Dengue has claimed four more lives including two women in Lahore, Geo News reported Saturday.
In Lahore alone the total dengue death toll now stands as high as 236, whereas 265 deaths have been registered in overall Punjab.
With 242 more confirmed cases the tally of total patients, so far, has jumped to 18,300. On the other hand 199 more cases have surfaced in Lahore to take the figure for the city to 15,609.
At the moment, around 1,385 patients are under treatment in the heart of Punjab.
Doctors told Geo News that guidelines for the treatment of pregnant women suffering form the deadly disease have been devised, the patients coming in with hemorrhage/shock are being taken care at the high-dependency units.
He said patients returning to hospitals with a relapse or a new infection are the most critical.