Dengue fever: 1 more dies, 179 patients hospitalised

News Desk :
At least 179 patients were hospitalised in the 24 hours till 8:00 am on Sunday, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Of them, 25 patients are outside Dhaka.
With the new cases, a total of 4,301 people have been diagnosed in the current month out of the total 22,498 infected this year.
Of the total infected, 3,180 patients are from outside Dhaka.
At least 7,841 were hospitalised in September, 7,698 were in August, 2,286 in July, 272 in June while 43 were infected in May and the rest are from January to April, according to DGHS.
A total of 87 people has died of dengue infection in the country this year.
Twelve people died in July 34 in August, 23 in September and 14 in October so far.
Among the deaths, 80 have died in Dhaka division, two each in Chattogram and Khulna divisions and one each in Rajshahi, Mymensingh and Barishal divisions.
Though most of the patients who were hospitalised have so far been released, 840 are still undergoing treatment at hospitals in Dhaka, and 160 outside the capital, the DGHS data showed.
UNB adds: Dengue claimed one more life in Bangladesh while 179 new patients were hospitalized with the fever in 24 hours till Sunday morning.
With the fresh deaths, the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease this year rose to 87, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Of the deceased, 80 people died in Dhaka division alone, two each in Chattogram and Khulna divisions and one each in Rajshahi, Barishal and Mymensingh division.
Among the new patients, 154 were undergoing treatment in hospitals in Dhaka while the remaining 25 cases were reported from outside the division.
Some 840 patients diagnosed with dengue are receiving treatment in the country as of Sunday.
Of them, 680 patients are receiving treatment at different hospitals in the capital while the remaining 160 were listed outside Dhaka.
Since January, some 22,498 patients have been admitted to different hospitals with dengue in the country. So far, 21,571 dengue patients have left hospitals after recovery, said DGHS. In September, the country recorded the highest number of 7,841 dengue cases of the current year with 22 deaths.