750 hospitalized with dengue fever in 24 hrs

Some 750 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 3,416 patients diagnosed with the mosquito-borne disease are taking treatment at different government and private hospitals.

Of them, 2,224 are being treated at the facilities of Dhaka while 1,192 are in other divisions, a Directorate General of Health Services press release said today.  

As per the release, a total of 32,716 dengue patients were admitted to hospitals across the country since January 1 this year. 

To date, 118 people died of dengue during the period while 29,466 out of the hospitalized patients recovered.