Dawn (Pakistan) reported on 2 October 2026, citing a Khyber Pakhtunkhwa health department report, that the province recorded 446 dengue cases in the week, bringing this year’s total to 2,219. September had 1,319 cases, the highest month of the year; officials fear a major outbreak in October.
Main points
- By month: 115 cases from January to May; 90 in June, 115 in July, 560 in August and 1,319 in September. Officials expect cases to fall from November with the onset of winter.
- Kohat recorded 237 cases in the week and 1,313 this year, leading the province; Peshawar is second with 324. According to the article, an outbreak in Kohat was declared about two weeks earlier; the main issue is stagnant water in refugee camps demolished by the government, which has become mosquito breeding sites.
- The province has 112 active cases, 92 of them in Kohat; 8,905 suspected patients have been examined, with no deaths (according to the Integrated Diseases Surveillance and Response System report). 100 infections were confirmed in the last 24 hours.
- Officials said people were reluctant to adopt preventive measures, and that medical teaching institutions in Peshawar were not sharing line-lists of patients, so cases may go unrecorded. The department is taking measures in line with the Dengue Action Plan 2026.
VPMA’s note
Pakistani data from a provincial report. A point for members: stagnant water on demolished sites can become a large mosquito source. The figures do not describe the situation in Vietnam.
- Source
- Dawn – Kohat continues to record highest number of dengue cases
- Published
- 2 October 2026
- Section
- International news
- Author
- Ashfaq Yusufzai
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Source: Dawn – Kohat continues to record highest number of dengue cases (summarised in English by VPMA). Read the Vietnamese page.