The menace of Dengue fever continues to play with the lives in Lahore as six more persons died during last 24 hours.

The death toll in the disease has climbed to 124 with fresh deaths, while several others were tested positive for the deadly virus.

The total number of dengue patients in Punjab reached 11054 and out of these 9787 are in Lahore. So far 10583 dengue patients have been cured and discharged out of which 9490 belong to Lahore. At present 1132 patients are under treatment at different hospitals of the province and out of these 895 are in Lahore.

The authorities have directed for delivering daily lectures in academic institutions to create awareness about the deadly disease.