STAFF CORRESPONDENT

At least five dengue patients died and 888 were admitted to different hospitals across the country in the last 24 hours till yesterday.

The total number of deaths stands at 192, while the total number of cases rose to 46,486.

Among the death cases, 116 are in Dhaka, 23 in Cox’s Bazar, 23 in Chattogram, seven in Barishal, seven in Khulna, five in Mymensingh, two each in Rajshahi and Narail and one each in Narsingdi, Kushtia, Pabna, Khagrachari, Bogura, Madaripur and Feni.

A total of 43,046 patients have already been released from hospitals, while 3,248 are still undergoing treatment.

Experts have urged the authorities concerned to conduct extensive drives to identify clusters of Aedes mosquitoes immediately.