22 new Dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hrs

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Some 22 people have been admitted to hospitals in Dhaka with Dengue fever in the last 24 hours until Wednesday morning, reports UNB.

According to data provided by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), 69 dengue patients, including 66 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country.

After a few months of low figure, cases are creeping up again in Bangladesh.

This year, the DGHS has recorded 629 dengue cases and 560 recoveries so far.

The directorate has not yet reported any death from the mosquito-borne viral disease.

Dengue - a leading cause of serious illness and death in some Asian and Latin American countries - was first reported in Bangladesh in 2000 and claimed 93 lives.

However, 105 dengue patients, including 95 in Dhaka division, died from the fever in 2021.