Dengue claims 11 more lives, 956 hospitalised
Staff Correspondent
Eleven more people died from dengue in 24 hours till Friday morning, raising the mosquito-borne disease fatalities in the country to 1,539 this year.
During the period, 956 more patients were hospitalised with the viral fever, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
A total of 5,245 dengue patients, including 1,345 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country.
So far, the DGHS has recorded 2,99,050 dengue cases and 2,92,266 patients have so far been released from hospitals across the country this year.
September has so far been the deadliest month for the dengue outbreak this year with 396 fatalities and 79,598 cases, according to DGHS data.
According to DGHS data, a total of 62,382 patients were hospitalised last year while the total number of deaths was 281.
