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Dengue claims 3 lives, 1,197 hospitalised

SAT Online Desk

Published: 19:14, 28 October 2024

Dengue has claimed three more lives in the last 24-hour, when hospitals around the country admitted 1,197 new patients.

Last year, the country recorded a massive number of fatalities, with 1,705 dengue-related deaths and a total of 3,21,179 cases. 

 “In the last 24 hours, 421 dengue patients were hospitalised in Dhaka city,” the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said in a handout on Monday (October 28).

This year, a total of 58,108 patients were hospitalised, while 280 deaths from dengue disease were reported during the period, the statement added.

Last year, the country recorded a massive number of fatalities, with 1,705 dengue-related deaths and a total of 3,21,179 cases.

 

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