11 dengue patients die in 24hrs

Staff Reporter :
The health authorities in Bangladesh on Wednesday recorded 11 more patients died from dengue in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll from this mosquito-borne disease to 1,295 this year.

Of the deaths, 4 were reported in Dhaka and 11 outside the capital.

According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), about 1,917 were hospitalized with the viral fever during the period.

The DGHS data showed, 7,599 dengue patients were undergoing treatment at different hospitals across the country yesterday morning.

A total of 2,60,829 dengue patients were admitted to hospitals across the country since January 1 this year.

As many as 251,935 patients have so far been released from hospitals across the country this year.
Meanwhile, dengue claimed 281 lives in 2022.

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 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 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.