One more die of dengue, 31 new patients hospitalized 24 hrs
09 December 2021, 07:07 pm | Updated: 22 November 2024, 10:28 am
One more dengue patient died and 31 were hospitalized in 24 hours till Thursday morning, health authorities said.
With the latest death, the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease rose to 101 during the period, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Ninety-two people died in Dhaka division alone, three in Mymensingh division, two each in Chattogram, and Khulna divisions and one each in Rajshahi and Barishal divisions.
Twenty-one new patients are undergoing treatment at hospitals in Dhaka while the remaining 10 cases have been reported from outside the division.
Some 213patients diagnosed with dengue are receiving treatment in the country as of Thursday.
Of them, 145 patients are receiving treatment at different hospitals in the capital while the remaining 68 were listed outside Dhaka.
Since January, some 27,870 patients have been admitted to different hospitals with dengue in the country. So far, 27,556 dengue patients have left hospitals after recovery, said DGHS.
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