117 new dengue patients hospitalised

An aedes mosquito. Prothom Alo  File Photo
An aedes mosquito. Prothom Alo File Photo

A total of 117 new dengue patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country in the last 24 hours until 8:00am on Wednesday, reports UNB.

Forty-eight of them were hospitalised in Dhaka, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said in a regular update.

Since January, over 100,000 people were hospitalised with dengue. Of them, 98,319 made full recovery, UNB said.

Currently, 570 patients, including 263 in the capital, are being treated at different hospitals.

The Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) has received 251 reports of dengue-related deaths. It has reviewed 179 of them and confirmed 112 deaths.