On Monday, two people died of dengue in Karachi and Hyderabad each, bringing the death toll in Sindh to 33.

The deceased from Karachi identified as 32-year-old Nadir Ali Hamid Khan from Nazimabad and 25-year-old Muhammad Ali from Hyderabad.

Khan died of multiple organ failure due to dengue shock syndrome at Aga Khan University Hospital. According to Civil Hospital Medical Superintendent Dr Shauqat Lakho, Ali was undergoing treatment at Civil Hospital Hyderabad when his blood pressure dropped and  passed away in the ICU.

More than 260 new cases have been reported in the past 24 hours across Sindh.

According to the dengue control cell, the total number of people affected by dengue has crossed 11,700 in the province this year.