215 more dengue cases recorded in 24 hours


FE Team | Published: November 01, 2019 14:28:46 | Updated: November 03, 2019 14:28:44


Mosquito nets have been put up for dengue patients at a special ward recently opened at the 4th floor of Khulna Medical College Hospital — Focus Bangla/Files

Some 215 dengue patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country in the last 24 hours till 8:00am on Friday.

Seventy two of them were hospitalised in Dhaka, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said in a regular update.

Since January, 96,311 people were hospitalised with dengue. Of them, 95,154 made full recovery, according to a news agency report.

Currently, a total of 909 patients are undergoing treatment at hospitals and 376 of them in Dhaka.

The Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research has received 248 reports of dengue-related deaths. However, t has reviewed 171 of them and confirmed 107 deaths.

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