151 more hospitalized with dengue fever in 24 hrs

Special Correspondent Dhaka
Published: 19 October 2021, 06:40 PM | Updated: 19 October 2021, 06:41 PM
151 more hospitalized with dengue fever in 24 hrs
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As many as 151 people with dengue fever were admitted to different hospitals in and outside the capital in the last 24 hours until Tuesday morning.

With this, a total of 798 patients diagnosed with the mosquito-borne disease are taking treatment at different hospitals.

Among them, 609 are receiving treatment in Dhaka while the rest 189 are outside the capital, according to the Directorate General of Health Services.

It said a total of 21,725 dengue patients were admitted to hospitals across the country as of today since January 1 this year. 

To date, 83 people died of dengue while 20,844 out of the hospitalized patients recovered.

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