19 dengue patients hospitalised

Dengue patients under treatment at hospital. UNB File Photo
Dengue patients under treatment at hospital. UNB File Photo

Nineteen new dengue patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country in the last 24 hours till 8:am on Sunday, reports UN.

Ten of them were hospitalised in Dhaka, the directorate general of health services said in its regular update.

It said 101,209 people have been hospitalised with dengue in the country since January. Of them, 100,803 made full recovery, UNB quoted the DGHS to say.

Currently, 140 patients, including 94 in the capital, are being treated at different hospitals.

The Institute of epidemiology, disease control and research has received 266 reports of dengue-related deaths. It has reviewed 223 of them and confirmed the deaths of 141.