News Desk: A total of 87 dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours till Monday morning amid a rise in the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh, the the Directorate General of Health Services said.
Among them, 66 patients were hospitalised in Dhaka, it said.
As many as 344 dengue patients, including 267 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country.
On Sunday, this year’s death toll from the mosquito-borne viral disease rose to 10 with another death reported from Dhaka metropolitan area.
Among the deaths, six were reported from Cox’s Bazar while four from Dhaka.
On June 21, the DGHS reported the first death of the season from the viral disease.
This year, the DGHS has recorded 2,747 dengue cases and 2,393 recoveries so far.
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