Dengue claims 12 more lives in 24 hrs

Staff Reporter  :
Dengue claims more 12 lives while1,558 more patients were hospitalised from the mosquito borne-disease in the last 24 hours till Friday morning across the country, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said in a press release.

With the new deaths, the fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh reached 1,226 this year.

During the period, 1,558 more patients were hospitalised with the viral fever, according to the DGHS.

Among the new patients, 424 were admitted to hospitals in Dhaka and the rest outside the capital–indicating a worsening situation across the country, DGHS data showed.

It showed that a total of 8,003 dengue patients, including 2,358 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country.
So far, the DGHS has recorded 251,101 dengue cases and 241,872 recoveries this year.

The data also said that September has so far been the deadliest month for the dengue outbreak this year with 396 fatalities and 79,598 cases.

The month of August has been recorded also considered as one of deadliest months 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.