Additional 99 patients with signs and symptoms similar to dengue fever have been admitted to different hospitals across Pakistan thus bringing the total number up to 4,965 patients in this south Asian country. (File Photo) Photo Gallery >>>

    ISLAMABAD, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- Additional 99 patients with signs and symptoms similar to dengue fever have been admitted to different hospitals across Pakistan thus bringing the total number up to 4,965 patients in this south Asian country.

    Quoting the Pakistani health ministry, a TV channel reported Sunday that 39 more patients were declared positive for the dengue virus during last 24 hours increasing the confirmed cases to 1,763.

    So far, dengue fever has caused 44 deaths in Pakistan with 43 from the southern Sindh province and one from the North West Frontier Province.

    As many as 825 patients have so far been admitted to different hospitals in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad and its southern neighbor Rawalpindi with symptoms to those of the dengue fever and 18 declared positive for the dengue virus. The total number of positive cases of dengue virus in the twin cities now stands at 324.