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Bangladesh sees sharp rise in dengue cases

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Bangladesh has reported 45 more new dengue cases in the last 24 hours till Tuesday morning.

Among the new patients, three new cases were reported from outside the Dhaka division, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

A total of 139 patients are receiving treatments at 47 public and private hospitals in the capital until Tuesday while the remaining thirteen are being treated outside Dhaka.

Some 152 patients in public and private hospitals across the country have been receiving treatment now, the DGHS data reveals.

Some 1,284 patients have been admitted to different hospitals in the country with dengue from January 1, 2022 to July 5, 2022, the report said.

A total of 1,131 such patients were released from the hospitals across the country from January 1, 2022 to July 5, 2022, it added.

On June 22 this year, the first dengue death of the season was reported.

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