2 die, 124 dengue patients hospitalized in last 24hrs in Ctg

Two including a two-year-old child died and a total of 124 dengue patients were hospitalized at various hospitals in Chattogram in the last 24 hours.

The dengue control room of the district civil surgeon’s office said this afternoon that a total of 124 dengue patients were hospitalized at various hospitals in Chattogram today.

Rokeya Begum, 40, and a two-year-old child died at Chattogram Medical College hospital in the last 24 hrs in the city.

Of them, 83 people were admitted in government hospitals and 51 in private hospitals.

Civil Surgeon Dr Mohammad Iliyas Chowdhury said a total of 7657 dengue patients have been detected in Chattogram in the last eight and a half months till September 16 this year and the number of dead has reached 65 in Chattogram this year.

A total of 7418 dengue patients have recovered and returned to their respective residence and 239 are undergoing treatment in the different hospital in the city and district, the sources added. (BSS)