News Desk :
Two more dengue patients died while 177 patients were hospitalised in 24 hours till 8:00am on Wednesday, according to Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Of them, 46 were hospitalised outside Dhaka, the DGHS data shows.
With the new cases, the total number of dengue patients has crossed the 24,000 mark.
A total of 465 were diagnosed during the running month out of total 24,120 infected. Of the total infected, 3,515 are from outside Dhaka.
At least 5,458 were diagnosed in October, 7,841 in September, 7,698 in August, 2,286 in July, 272 in June while 43 were infected in May and rest were from January to April, according to the DGHS.
So far, 94 people have died of dengue infection in the country this year-all in July, August, September, October and November.
Of them, 86 have died in Dhaka division, two each in Chattogram, Khulna
and Mymensingh divisions, and one each in Rajshahi and Barishal divisions.
Though most of the patients who were hospitalised have so far been released, 722 are still undergoing treatment in hospitals of Dhaka, and 152 outside the capital, the DGHS data shows.
