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Dengue: 21 patient die, 3,027 hospitalised in 24hrs

September 20, 2023, 06:44 PM

Dengue: 21 patient die, 3,027 hospitalised in 24hrs

Staff Reporter

Twenty-one dengue patients died and 3,027 others were hospitalised in the country in the 24 hours till Wednesday morning.

According to the daily update of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), with the new number, the official death toll from dengue rose to 867 this year.

The country logged 281 dengue deaths in 2022 – the highest on record after 179 deaths recorded in 2019. Also, it recorded 62,423 dengue cases and 61,971 recoveries last year.