Staff Reporter:
Five dengue patients died and 636 were hospitalized in the country during the last 24 hours till Monday morning.
“During the period, 131 patients were hospitalized in Barishal division, 92 in Chattogram, 131 in Dhaka division, 105 in Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC), 97 in Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), 29 in Khulna, six in Mymensingh, 34 in Rajshahi, seven in Rangpur and four were admitted to different hospitals in Sylhet division,” said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The total number of cases rose to 38,527 while 155 deaths from dengue, the mosquito-borne disease, were reported this year.
Last year, the total number of cases rose to 1, 01,214, while 575 deaths from dengue disease were re-ported, the release added.
