Dengue Fever: One dead, 89 hospitalised in a day

At least one dengue patient died and 89 were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till yesterday morning.

According to DGHS, the total number of deaths rose to 274, while the total number of dengue patients stood at 61,844.

Among the death cases, 169 are in Dhaka, 26 in Cox's Bazar, 36 in Chattogram, 11 in Barishal, eight in Khulna, six in Mymensingh, five in Rajshahi, two in Narail and one each in Narsingdi, Kushtia, Pabna, Bagerhat, Khagrachhari, Bogura, Madaripur and Feni.

A total of 61,049 patients have already been released from hospitals while some 521 are still undergoing treatment.

Meanwhile, experts continue to urge the authorities to conduct extensive drives identifying clusters of Aedes mosquitoes immediately.