Dengue outbreak: Highest 211 patients hospitalised in a single day, one dies
Recording the highest number in a single day this year, 211 new dengue patients were hospitalised in the last 24 hours until Tuesday morning.
Among the fresh dengue cases, 174 were reported from Dhaka while only 37 were from outside the capital, said a bulletin of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Currently, 703 dengue patients are taking treatment at different hospitals across the country and 575 of them are from Dhaka.
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Since January this year, a total of 3,601 patients were admitted to different hospitals with dengue and 2,871 of them have recovered.
With the latest addition, the death toll from the viral fever this year rose to 27.
