184 hospitalized with dengue fever in 24 hrs

Some 184 people with dengue fever were admitted to different hospitals in and outside the capital of Dhaka in the last 24 hours until Wednesday morning.

With this, a total of 916 patients diagnosed with the mosquito-borne disease are taking treatment at different government and private hospitals.

Of them, 494 are being treated at the facilities of Dhaka while 422 are in other divisions, a Directorate General of Health Services press release said today.  

As per the release, a total of 60,926 dengue patients were admitted to hospitals across the country since January 1 this year. 

To date, 267 people died of dengue during the period while 59,743 out of the hospitalized patients recovered.