The dengue hospitalisations in Bangladesh has surpassed 100,000 this year, with 141 new cases and three more deaths in the last 24 hours until Saturday morning, report agencies.
The number of patients in hospital with the disease across the country has risen to 100,029.
The total number of fatalities from the illness now stands at 561.
The Directorate General of Health Services, or DGHS, said as many as 70 new patients were hospitalised in the Dhaka metropolitan area until Saturday.
In addition, 22 were hospitalised in Dhaka Division, five in Mymensingh Division, 12 in Chattogram Division, 11 in Khulna Division, eight in Rajshahi Division, and 13 in Barishal Division.
As many as 1,199 patients are currently undergoing treatment for dengue in hospitals across the country. Of them, 453 are hospitalised in the capital and 746 are outside Dhaka.
The DGHS has been keeping records of dengue hospitalisations and fatalities since 2000.
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