DHAKA, Dec 6, 2019 (BSS) – Around 344 dengue patients are undergoing treatment at different hospitals and clinics across the country.
Among them, 210 patients are taking treatment in Dhaka division and 134 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 1,00,567 patients got admitted to the different hospitals across
the country since January this year. Of them, 99,959 patients have returned
home after recovery, the DGHS said.
According to Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research
(IEDCR), 129 people have so far died of dengue, the mosquito-borne tropical
disease.
Around 79 new dengue patients got admitted to different hospitals in the
last 24 hours across the country. Of them 26 were admitted in Dhaka and 17
out of the capital, the release added.