Bangladesh witnesses 7 death from dengue

Staff Reporter :
The country on Wednesday reported seven more deaths from dengue and 2,367 patients were admitted to different hospitals during the last 24 hours till Wednesday morning.

“During the period, 899 dengue patients were hospitalizsed in Dhaka city while 1,468 were admitted to different hospitals outside the capital city,” the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said it in a press release.

It also said that about 576 deaths recorded this year from the viral fever, the highest in a year since dengue was detected in 2000 in the country.

The DGHS data also showed that 281 dengue patients died last year.

It showed that the total number of patients rose to 121,500 with the new cases.

About 112,478 patients were released from different hospitals this year out of the total patients.

“A total of 8,446 dengue patients are undergoing treatment at different hospitals. Among them, 3,908 are in the capital city and 4,538 are outside Dhaka, the data showed.

The DGHS statement said also that 46,011 are female and 75,489 are male patients among the total dengue positive cases. Among the total deaths, 333 are female and 243 male patients.

The authorities have recorded the highest number of dengue positive cases outside the capital city in August this year.

The data showed that the August has so far witnessed 69,668 dengue positive cases, the highest cases in a single month since dengue outbreak began in 2000 in the country.

It also said 325 dengue-related deaths were reported in the current month.