60 more dengue patients hospitalised in 24hrs

Sixty more dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours till Saturday morning amid a rise in the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), reports UNB.

Among them, 54 patients were hospitalised in Dhaka, it said.

As many as 220 dengue patients, including 176 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country.

The dengue cases are rising in the capital allegedly due to insufficient measures taken by the two Dhaka city corporations for preventing mosquito-borne diseases like dengue.

On 21 June, the DGHS reported the first death of the season from the mosquito-borne viral disease.

This year, the DGHS has recorded 1,670 dengue cases and 1,449 recoveries so far.