383 dengue patients undergoing treatment in country

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DHAKA, Dec 3, 2019 (BSS) – Around 383 dengue patients are undergoing

treatment at different hospitals and clinics across the country.

Among them, 231 patients are taking treatment in Dhaka division and 152

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 1,00,361 patients got admitted to the different hospitals

across the country since January this year. Of them, 99,714 patients have

returned home after recovery, DGHS said.

According to Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research

(IEDCR), 129 people have so far died of dengue.

Around 79 new dengue patients got admitted to different hospitals in the

last 24 hours across the country. Of them 39 were admitted in Dhaka and 40

out of the capital, the release added.