75 hospitalised with dengue fever in 24 hours

At least 75 people with dengue fever were admitted to hospitals in the country in 24 hours till 8:00am today.

That brings the total number of people hospitalized with dengue this year to 1,282, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Of the total hospitalized, only 38 are from outside of Dhaka.

Of the total, 910 have so far been diagnosed in July, which indicates the fast-rising trend of the disease.

Two hundred and seventy-two were hospitalized in June while 43 were hospitalised in May.

Although most patients who were hospitalised have so far been released, 403 of them are still undergoing treatment at hospitals in Dhaka, and four outside the capital, the DGHS data showed.