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19 new dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hours

| Updated: December 22, 2019 19:41:41


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Nineteen new dengue patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country in the last 24 hours till 8:00am on Sunday.

Ten of them were hospitalised in Dhaka, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) 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, the DGHS said.

Currently, 140 patients, including 94 in the capital, are being treated at different hospitals, says a news agency report.

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.

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