As many as 188 people with dengue fever were admitted to different hospitals in and outside the capital in the last 24 hours until Saturday morning.
With this, a total of 1,004 patients diagnosed with the mosquito-borne disease are taking treatment at different hospitals.
Among them, 794 are receiving treatment in Dhaka while the rest 210 are outside the capital, according to the Directorate General of Health Services.
It said a total of 18,550 dengue patients were admitted to hospitals across the country as of today since January 1 this year.
To date, 68 people died of dengue while 17,478 out of the hospitalized patients recovered.
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