Details: The number of dengue fever cases in Punjab is continuing to grow, with the province reporting 493 new instances of the mosquito-borne virus disease in the last 24 hours on Wednesday. What happened: Imran Sikandar Baloch, the provincial health secretary, stated that no dengue patient deaths were reported in the province yesterday, despite the fact that the viral disease has claimed 51 lives in Punjab this season. According to the health secretary, 493 dengue fever cases have been reported in Punjab in the last 24 hours, with 358 of them in Lahore, alone. More: Rawalpindi had 52 cases, Gujranwala had 11, Sheikhupura had nine, Hafizabad had eight, and Attock, Rahim Yar Khan, and Bahawalpur had five cases each. The cases have also increased in the federal capital, Islamabad, and other parts of the country, including the provinces of Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.