537 dengue patients undergoing treatment in country

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DHAKA, Nov 25, 2019 (BSS) – A total of 537 dengue patients are
undergoing treatment at different hospitals and clinics across the country.

Among them, 268 patients are taking treatment in Dhaka division and 273
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 99,657 patients got admitted to the different hospitals
across the country since January this year. Of them, 98,856 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 112 new dengue patients got admitted to different hospitals in
the last 24 hours across the country. Of them 53 were admitted in Dhaka and
59 out of the capital, the release added.