<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Eight more people were hospitalised with dengue in the 24 hours to Friday morning.</span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">However, no fatalities were reported during this period, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Also, the DGHS did not not report any dengue death in the first five days of this year.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The country recorded 281 dengue deaths in 2022 – the highest on record after the 179 deaths recorded in 2019.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A total of 212 dengue patients, including 99 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The DGHS has recorded 215 dengue cases and three recoveries so far this year. It recorded 62,423 cases and 61,971 recoveries last year. UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>