Some 51 people with dengue fever were admitted to different hospitals in and outside the capital of Dhaka in the last 24 hours until Thursday morning.
With this, a total of 139 patients diagnosed with the mosquito-borne disease are taking treatment at different hospitals, said the Directorate General of Health Services in a press release.
As per the release, a total of 1,579 dengue patients were admitted to hospitals across the country today since January 1 this year.
To date, a person died of dengue during the period while 1,399 out of the hospitalized patients recovered.