DHAKA, Sept 22, 2019 (BSS) – Around 2,099 dengue patients are undergoing
treatment at different hospitals and clinics across the country.
Among them, 875 patients are taking treatment in Dhaka division and 1,228
are hospitalised outside the capital, a release of Health Crisis Management
and Control Room of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said here
today.
A total of 84,827 patients got admitted to the different hospitals across
the country since January this year. Of them, 82,525 patients have returned
home after recovery, DGHS said.
According to Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research
(IEDCR), 68 people have so far died of dengue.
Around 430 new dengue patients got admitted to different hospitals in the
last 24 hours across the country. Of them 132 were admitted in Dhaka and 298
outside the capital, the release added.