Around 78 dengue patients are undergoing treatment at different hospitals and clinics across the country.
Among them, 59 patients are taking treatment in Dhaka division and 15 are hospitalised outside the capital, a release of Health Crisis Management and Control Room of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said here on Sunday.
A total of 1,01,334 patients got admitted to the different hospitals across the country since January this year. Of them, 1,00,998 patients have returned home after recovery, DGHS said.
According to Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR), 148 people have so far died of dengue.
Around five new dengue patients got admitted to different hospitals in the last 24 hours across the country. Of them, three were admitted in Dhaka and two out of the capital, the release added.