A 26-year-old patient suffering from dengue breathed his last on Friday, becoming the first person to have died from the virus this year.
Lahore-based Awais was among the 44 patients in Lahore who had been diagnosed with the dengue virus, which has now infected hundreds of people across the country. The total number of dengue infected patients now stands at 386 in Punjab alone.
Awais was a resident of Shalimar town in Lahore where several patients have been diagnosed with the virus.
