LAHORE, Nov 5: Seventy one more patients tested positive for the dengue virus in Punjab during the last 24 hours.

Of them, 33 patients were reported in the provincial capital alone. The government hospitals of the city witnessed a rush of patients with the symptoms of dengue fever. According to an official, the total number of the dengue patients across the province has reached 1,176 so far.

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