Dengue Virus has claimed five more lives in Lahore on Wednesday raising the death toll to 229 in Punjab.

According to the health department, 279 cases of Dengue virus have been registered during 24 hours in Punjab. Today 65 years old Shoukat, Shahbaz, 17 years old Osama, 45 years old Saleem and 40 years old Abdul Hameed died of dengue fever in different hospitals of Lahore.