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Another polio case in Pakistan raises 2024 tally to 55

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DI KHAN: Another polio case has been reported in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, taking the total number of polio cases in the country to 55.

An eight-month-old girl from Union Council Morgha of Dera Ismail Khan has been diagnosed with polio, the sixth case reported from the district this year.

The total number of polio cases in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in 2024 has reached 14, including six from Dera Ismail Khan, two each from Tank, Lakki Marwat and Kohat, and one each from Mohmand and Nowshera districts.

Nationwide, the total number of polio cases reported this year is 55, of which 26 are from Balochistan, 14 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 13 from Sindh, and one each from Punjab and the federal capital Islamabad.

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