Bangladesh registers 22 dengue cases, no deaths in a day

Hospitals in Bangladesh have admitted 22 new dengue patients in a day, taking the tally of infections since Jan 1 to 981 after the worst outbreak last year. 

The death toll from the mosquito-borne disease remained unchanged at 14, as no deaths were reported in the daily count published by the Directorate General of Health Services on Saturday. 

The new cases included five in Dhaka and 17 outside the capital.

Dhaka also accounted for 50 of the 135 dengue patients undergoing treatment at hospitals in the morning. The other districts were treating 85 dengue patients.