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DENGUE-SITUATION
866 dengue patients undergoing treatment in country
DHAKA, Oct 25, 2019 (BSS) – Around 866 dengue patients are undergoing
treatment at different hospitals and clinics across the country.
Among them, 386 patients are taking treatment in Dhaka division and 480
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 94,661 patients got admitted to the different hospitals
across the country since January this year. Of them, 93,587 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 186 new dengue patients got admitted to different hospitals in
the last 24 hours across the country. Of them 70 were admitted in Dhaka and
116 out of the capital, the release added.
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