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48 hospitalized with dengue fever in 24 hrs

Some 48 people with dengue fever were admitted to different hospitals in and outside the capital of Dhaka in the last 24 hours until Tuesday morning.

With this, a total of 237 patients diagnosed with the mosquito-borne disease are taking treatment at different government and private hospitals.

Of them, 135 are being treated at the facilities of Dhaka while 102 are in other divisions, a Directorate General of Health Services press release said today.  

As per the release, a total of 127 dengue patients were admitted to hospitals across the country since January 1 this year. 

In the past day, no people died of dengue during the period while 110 out of the hospitalized patients recovered.