Sun News Desk : At least 9 dengue patients died and 2,357 were hospitalized in the last 24 hours across the country.
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The Directorate General of Health Services said this in a press release on Thursday.
With the latest death, a total of 967 people died of dengue to date this year.
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Currently, 9,797 people diagnosed with the mosquito-borne disease are taking treatment at different government and private hospitals in and outside the capital of Dhaka.
Of them, 3,457 are being treated at the facilities in the capital while 6,340 are in other divisions.
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As many as 1,99,188 dengue patients were admitted to hospitals across the country since January 1 this year.
Some 1,88,424 out of the hospitalized patients, however, recovered during the period.
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