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No new dengue cases were reported in the last 24 hours until 8:00am on Thursday, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said.
Fourteen dengue patients, including nine in the capital, are being treated at hospitals across the country, DGHS said.
Bangladesh experienced a massive dengue outbreak last year.
The government reported that dengue had claimed the lives of 164 people in 2019. The Institute of Epidemiology, Disease sControl and Research (IEDCR) confirmed the number after reviewing 263 out of 266 reports of dengue-related deaths, reports UNB.
Last year, 101,354 people were hospitalised with dengue across the country. Of them, 101,037 have made full recovery.
Since the beginning of this year, 217 dengue cases were reported. Of them, 203 had been discharged from hospitals.