21 more dengue patients die, 3,015 hospitalised
Staff Reporter :
The dengue death toll is increasing alarmingly undermining the government’s efforts to curb the mosquito borne disease.
The country on Wednesday recorded a total of 21 more deaths from dengue in the last 24 hours, raising the fatalities from the viral fever to 867 this year, the Directorate General of the Health Services (DGHS) said.
As per the DGHS press releases, 3,015 more patients were hospitalised with the viral fever during the period.
Among the fresh patients, 867 were admitted to hospitals in Dhaka and the rest outside the capital–indicating a worsening situation across the country, DGHS data showed.
It showed also, a total of 10,263 dengue patients, including 3,819 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country. So far, the DGHS has said 176,810 dengue cases and 165,680 recoveries this year.
According to health experts, the vector-borne disease hit Dhaka city in 2000 subsequently the dengue positive cases were detected in Dhaka city only.
But the dengue disease is changing its nature and it is gradually spreading across the country, they said, adding all 64 districts of the country have witnessed dengue positive cases.
The month of August has been the deadliest of the outbreak this year with 71,976 cases and 342 fatalities while July alone recorded 43,854 dengue positive cases with 204 deaths, the DGHS statement read.
Talking to journalists, several entomologists said that dengue by now emerged as an epidemic as it spread all over the country but observed that the concerned agencies, particularly city corporations could not take required steps to annihilate mosquitoes.
According to hospital authorities, the pressure of dengue patients has decreased slightly in healthcare facilities in Dhaka city, meaning the dengue situation is on a decreasing trend in the capital city, while the number of dengue cases is increasing outside Dhaka city.
