Karachi: A 24 -year -old man died of dengue at the Sindh infectious disease hospital, marking the first death linked to the dengue of the province in 2025.
According to hospital officials, the patient had been on a fan for two days and suffered from an extremely low number of plates of only 32,000. A healthy individual generally has between 150,000 and 450,000 plates, stressing the seriousness of the case.
This is the first confirmed death of dengue in the Sindh in 2025, because the province continues to report a relatively small number of cases compared to previous years.
So far this year, 295 cases of dengue have been recorded in the Sindh. Among these, 260 cases – almost 90% – were reported in Karachi only, making the city the epicenter of dengue activity in the province.
During the month of June 2025, the Karachi division recorded 32 new dengue cases. On the other hand, the Hyderabad and Shaheed Benazirabad divisions noted any new cases in the same month. The Mirpurkhas and Sukkur divisions pointed out only one case each in June.
By examining the overall distribution of cases in the Sindh for the year 2025 so far, Karachi is leading with 260 reported infections. The Hyderabad division reported a total of 30 cases this year, followed by Mirpurkhas with 2 cases and Sukkur also with 2 cases. The Shaheed Benazirabad division has reported only one case to date.
Although the current figures are worrying, they represent a significant drop in dengue activity compared to the previous four years.
In 2024, the Sindh reported a total of 2,704 cases of dengue. In 2023, 2,880 confirmed cases. The figures were even higher in 2022, with a record of 23,274 cases reported in the province – the highest figure in recent years. In comparison, 2021 saw 6,739 cases, while 2020 recorded 4,318 cases.
The spectacular reduction in dengue cases declared this year suggests that prevention and control measures can have a positive effect, although health experts warn that vigilance must be maintained – especially during the current monsoon season, when diseases transmitted by mosquitoes tend to climb.
The health authorities continue to urge residents to take precautionary measures, in particular by eliminating standing water, using mosquito repellents and looking for immediate medical care in the event of symptoms such as high fever, serious headaches and bodily pain.
