16 dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hrs

Some 16 people with dengue fever were admitted to different hospitals in and outside the capital of Dhaka in the last 24 hours until Thursday morning.

With this, a total of 75 patients diagnosed with the mosquito-borne disease are taking treatment at different government and private hospitals.

Of them, 35 are being treated at the facilities of Dhaka while 40 are in other divisions, a Directorate General of Health Services press release said today.  

As per the release, a total of 454 dengue patients were admitted to hospitals across the country since January 1 this year. 

In the past day, five people died of dengue during the period while 374 out of the hospitalized patients recovered.