Hospitals admit 143 new dengue patients in 24 hrs

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Published : 16:56, Nov 17, 2019 | Updated : 16:57, Nov 17, 2019

A man diagnosed with dengue is seen inside a mosquito net at Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital in Dhaka on Jul 31, 2019. FILE PHOTO/SAZZAD HOSSAINA total of 143 dengue patients have been admitted to different hospitals across the country in the last 24 hours till 8am on Sunday (Nov 17).
Forty-eight of them were hospitalised in Dhaka, the Directorate General of Health Services said in a regular update.
Since January, 98,779 people were hospitalised with dengue. Of them, 97,874 made full recovery.
Currently, 654 patients, including 291 in the capital, are undergoing treatment at different hospitals.
The Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research has received 251 reports of dengue-related deaths. It has reviewed 179 of them and confirmed 112 deaths.

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