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Two more die of dengue fever in 24 hrs

Two more people died of dengue and 152 with the fever newly got admitted to hospitals across the country in the last 24 hours until Saturday morning.

With this, dengue deaths stood at 91 this year, the Directorate General of Health Services said this in a press release today.

As many as 790 patients diagnosed with the mosquito-borne disease are taking treatment at different hospitals.

Among them, 639 are receiving treatment in Dhaka while the rest 151 are outside the capital.

As of today since January 1 this year, a total of 23,509 dengue patients were admitted to hospitals across the country.

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