BSS-19 102 dengue patients undergoing treatment in country

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DENGUE-SITUATION

102 dengue patients undergoing treatment in country

DHAKA, Dec 27, 2019 (BSS) – Around 102 dengue patients are undergoing
treatment at different hospitals and clinics across the country.

Among them, 77 patients are taking treatment in Dhaka division and 25 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 1,01,319 patients got admitted to the different hospitals
across the country since January this year. Of them, 1,00,951 patients have
returned home after recovery, the DGHS said.

According to Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research
(IEDCR), 148 people have so far died of dengue, the mosquito-borne tropical
disease.

Around 22 new dengue patients got admitted to different hospitals in the
last 24 hours across the country. Of them, 13 were admitted in Dhaka and nine
out of the capital, the release added.

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