118 hospitalized with dengue fever in 24 hrs

Some 118 people with dengue fever were admitted to different hospitals in and outside the capital of Dhaka in the last 24 hours until Friday morning.

With this, a total of 1,217 patients diagnosed with the mosquito-borne disease are taking treatment at different government and private hospitals.

Of them, 692 are being treated at the facilities of Dhaka while 525 are in other divisions, a Directorate General of Health Services press release said today.  

As per the release, a total of 59,813 dengue patients were admitted to hospitals across the country since January 1 this year. 

To date, 263 people died of dengue during the period while 58,333 out of the hospitalized patients recovered.