Five dengue patients died and 678 others were hospitalised in the 24 hours till this morning. With the new deaths, the total number of deaths from dengue fever rose to 61 this year, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The total number of dengue cases this year stand at 8,141. Some 1,669 dengue patients are still undergoing treatment. Of them, 569 are outside Dhaka.
A total of 2,871 dengue patients were released from hospitals. Total number of deaths in dengue was 281 last year while the total number of cases was 62,382, of which 23,162 were outside Dhaka, according to the DGHS.
