Dengue fever: 96 hospitalised in 24 hours

At least 96 dengue patients were hospitalised in the last 24 hours across the country till this morning.

With the new cases, a total of 2,573 have been hospitalised so far this year, according to the Directorate General of Health Services.

The total number of dengue deaths this year is 17.

Some 413 dengue patients are still undergoing treatment while 2,143 were released this year.

Total number of deaths in dengue was 281 last year while the total number of cases was 62,382, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Experts urged authorities concerned to conduct extensive drives to identify and eliminate clusters of Aedes mosquitoes as soon as possible.