Around 1,460 dengue patients are undergoing treatment at different hospitals and clinics across the country, reports BSS. Of them, 524 patients are taking treatment in Dhaka division and 936 are hospitalised outside the capital, a release of Health Crisis Management and Control Room of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said in the capital on Wednesday.
A total of 88,660 patients got admitted to the different hospitals across the country since January this year. Of them, 86,936 patients have returned home after recovery, DGHS said. According to Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR), 81 people have so far died of dengue. Around 336 new dengue patients got admitted to different hospitals in the last 24 hours across the country. Of them 102 were admitted in Dhaka and 234 out of the capital, the release added.