Dengue fever: 131 hospitalised in 24 hours
At least 131 patients were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till 8:00am today, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Of them, 44 are outside of Dhaka.
With the new cases, a total of 1,979 were diagnosed during the running month out of a total 25,634 infected this year.
Of the total infected, 3,859 are from outside of Dhaka.
At least 5,458 patients were hospitalised in October, 7,841 in September, 7,698 in August, 2,286 in July, 272 in June while 43 were infected in May and rest are from January to April, according to the DGHS.
Till date, 97 people have died of dengue infection in the country this year.
Twelve people died in July while 34 have died in August and 23 in September, 22 in October and six in November so far.
Among the deaths, 89 have died in Dhaka division, two each in Chattogram, Khulna and Mymensingh divisions and one each in Rajshahi and Barishal divisions.
Though most of the patients who were hospitalised have so far been released, 634 are still undergoing treatment at hospitals in Dhaka, and 127 outside the capital, the DGHS data showed.
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