The number of daily dengue patients has declined slightly across the country for the last few days as the single-day dengue cases remained below 600.
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said 221 dengue patients were hospitalised in the last 24 hours until Friday morning while one death was reported in the meantime.
It said around 17,121 dengue patients were admitted to hospitals and at least 101 died in the last 25 days of this month.
