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The number of diarrhoea patients have been increasing at city's hospitals. However, the experts said it is not an alarming situation.

According to the latest report, a total of 1,022 patients have been affected in Dhaka yesterday. Of the affected persons, 539 were admitted to ICDDR,B.

A total 17,710 people were affected by diarrhoea last week. Of them, six died, according to the Directorate of Health.

The sources also said, a total of 22 persons, among the 72,710 affected persons, died due to diarrhoea in last one month across the country.

Besides, a total of 195 persons, among 5,92,575 affected person, died due to diarrhoea, in the current year, the sources added.

According to ICDDR,B Scientist Dr Shahadat Hossain, most of the diarrhoea patients admitted to the hospital were taking unhygienic drinking water.

He said that the government should take immediate measures to tackle the diarrhoea situation by supplying pure drinking water.

"We have received patients from Mirpur, Uttara, Mohammedpur, Khilgaon, Sabujbagh, Badda in the city. They were taking unhygienic water," he said adding, "If it continued, the country's diarrhoea situation would take an alarming turn."

He advised the patients to take oral saline and immediately seek hospitalisation if condition worsens.