News Desk :
Fourteen new dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours till Friday morning, health authorities said reporting no new death, reports UNB.
Dengue claimed 101 lives so far this year, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Ninety-two people died in Dhaka division alone, three in Mymensingh division, two each in Chattogram, and Khulna divisions and one each in Rajshahi and Barishal divisions.
All 14 patients are undergoing treatment at hospitals in Dhaka.
Some 168 patients who were diagnosed with dengue are receiving treatment in the country as of Friday.
Of them, 107 patients are receiving treatment at different hospitals in the capital while the remaining 61 were listed outside Dhaka.
Since January, some 28,099 patients have been admitted to different hospitals with dengue in the country. So far, 27,830 dengue patients have left hospitals after recovery, said DGHS.
