Various cold-related diseases affected 2,823 people across the country in the last 24 hours till Wednesday morning.
Data from the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) control room showed that 296 of the patients received treatment for acute respiratory infection (ARI).
Another 848 people were treated for diarrhoea and 1,679 for other diseases, including jaundice, eye inflammation, skin problems and fever.
A total of 529,608 people were affected by various cold-related diseases across the country between November 1 and February 19, said the DGHS.
Sixty-one deaths were reported during this period, it said, reports UNB.
