Sindh has reported its first dengue-related death of the year, as a 24-year-old male patient passed away at the Sindh Infectious Diseases Hospital.
According to hospital officials, the patient had been on a ventilator for the past two days and was suffering from a critically low platelet count of just 32,000. A healthy individual typically has between 150,000 and 450,000 platelets, highlighting the severity of the case.
This is the first confirmed dengue fatality in Sindh in 2025, as the province continues to report relatively low numbers of cases compared to previous years. So far this year, 295 dengue cases have been recorded across Sindh. Of these, 260 cases — nearly 90% — have been reported in Karachi alone, making the city the epicentre of dengue activity in the province.
