Dengue: 5 more die in 24hrs

UNB :
Five more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Monday morning, raising the fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 1,554 this year.

During the period, 1,197 more patients were hospitalised with the viral fever, according to the DGHS.
A total of 4,653 dengue patients, including 904 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country.

So far, the DGHS has recorded 3, 02,452 dengue cases and 2, 96,245 recoveries this year.

September has so far been the deadliest month for the dengue outbreak this year with 396 fatalities and 79,598 cases, according to DGHS data.

On November 15, Bangladesh witnessed 24 dengue deaths, the highest in a single day this year.

“The death toll from dengue infection crossed the 1500-mark as the authorities recorded 1,554 dengue deaths between January 1 and November 20 this year,” a press release from the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said.

“During the period, 286 dengue patients were hospitalised in Dhaka city while 1,197 were admitted to different hospitals outside the capital city,” the DGHS daily statement added.

“This year, 1,554 deaths, the highest in a year since dengue was detected in 2000, were reported from dengue disease while 281 died last year,” the statement said.

With the new cases, the total number of patients rose to 3,02,452, the statement said, adding: “This year, some 2,96,254 patients were released from different hospitals out of the total patients.”