As dengue cases keep rising, 67 more people were hospitalised with the viral fever in the past 24 hours till Sunday morning.
Of them, 58 were admitted to hospitals in Dhaka alone. The rest cases are outside the capital, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Two-hundred-nine dengue patients, including 180 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country.
So far, the DGHS has recorded 1, 771 dengue cases, 1, 549 recoveries, and 13 deaths this year.
The country logged 281 dengue deaths in 2022 – the highest on record after 179 deaths recorded in 2019. Also, it recorded 62,423 dengue cases and 61,971 recoveries last year.
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