900 dengue patients undergoing treatment in country

Publish: 8:22 PM, November 3, 2019 | Update: 8:22 PM, November 3, 2019

DHAKA, – Around 900 dengue patients are undergoing treatment at different hospitals and clinics across the country.

Among them, 382 patients are taking treatment in Dhaka division and 518 are hospitalised outside the capital, a release of Health Crisis Management
and Control Room of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said here today.

A total of 96,646 patients got admitted to the different hospitals across the country since January this year. Of them, 95,498 patients have
returned home after recovery, DGHS said.

According to Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR), 107 people have so far died of dengue.

Around 184 new dengue patients got admitted to different hospitals in the last 24 hours across the country. Of them 56 were admitted in Dhaka and
128 out of the capital, the release added.