A total of 251 dengue patients have been admitted to different hospitals across Bangladesh in the last 24 hours.
Till Monday (Oct 28) morning, 89 new patients were admitted in Dhaka and 162 in districts outside Dhaka.
The Health Emergency Operation Centre and Control Room at the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), in a media release issued Monday, said the number of patients currently undergoing treatment in government and private hospitals in the country was 913.
The Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) reviewed a total of 171 cases out of 248 reported, and confirmed 107 dengue deaths. However, the unofficial death toll is suspected to be over 188, so far.
As many as 386 patients were currently receiving treatment in 41 government and private hospitals in Dhaka, whereas 527 people were undergoing treatment outside Dhaka, the DGHS data added.
Since Jan 1 till Oct 28, as many as 95,372 people have been affected by dengue.
Among those admitted, a total of 94,211 have been released from their respective hospitals and clinics after treatment.