17,338 people recovered from dengue so far

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DHAKA, August 5, 2019 (BSS) – According to Public Health Emergency
Operation Centre and Control Room report, a total of 17,338 dengue patients
were admitted to different hospitals across the country and returned home
after recovering, from the first day of January, 2019 till date.

A total of 7,398 patients were under treatment in different hospitals and
clinics, currently and 2,429 dengue patients were admitted to different
hospitals in the last 24 hours, but no casualties were reported in the same
period.

Of them, 650 were admitted to government hospitals, 403 to non- government
and private hospitals and 817 were admitted to hospitals outside Dhaka, said
the report.

The report also said that a total of 24,804 patients were diagnosed with
dengue fever in different hospitals across the country this year.

However, 18 people died from the disease.