95 dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hours

At least 95 dengue patients were hospitalised across the country during the 24 hours till this morning.

Among them, 13 cases are outside Dhaka.

With the new cases, the total number of dengue infection this year rose to 2022, of which 644 are from outside Dhaka, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Some 283 dengue patients are still undergoing treatment of which 41 are from outside Dhaka. A total of 13 dengue patients have died so far this year.

A total of 1,726 dengue patients were released from hospitals of which 589 are outside Dhaka.

Total number of deaths in dengue was 281 last year while the total number of cases was 62,382, of which 23,162 were outside Dhaka, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Experts urged authorities concerned to conduct extensive drives identifying clusters of Aedes mosquitoes as soon as possible.