1,557 dengue patients undergoing treatment in country

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DHAKA, Sept 27, 2019 (BSS)- Around 1,557 dengue patients are undergoing
treatment at different hospitals and clinics across the country.

Among them, 567 patients are taking treatment in Dhaka division and 990
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 86,903 patients got admitted to the different hospitals
across the country since January this year. Of them, 85,115 patients have
returned home after recovery, DGHS said.

According to Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research
(IEDCR), 81 people have so far died of dengue.

Around 360 new dengue patients got admitted to different hospitals in
the last 24 hours across the country. Of them 82 were admitted in Dhaka and
278 out of the capital, the release added.