536 dengue patients undergoing treatment in country

Publish: 7:11 PM, November 24, 2019 | Update: 7:11 PM, November 24, 2019

DHAKA, – Around 536 dengue patients are undergoing treatment at different hospitals and clinics across the country.

Among them, 262 patients are taking treatment in Dhaka division and 262 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 99,545 patients got admitted to the different hospitals across the country since January this year. Of them, 98,785 patients have
returned home after recovery, DGHS said. According to Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR), 121 people have so far died of dengue.

Around 92 new dengue patients got admitted to different hospitals in the last 24 hours across the country. Of them 46 were admitted in Dhaka and 46
out of the capital, the release added.