306 more Dengue cases logged in 24 hrs: DGHS
Among the new patients, 273 were admitted to government and private hospitals in Dhaka
Bangladesh continues to see a rapid rise in Dengue cases as 306 people were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till Tuesday 8am.
Just a day before, the country saw the highest number of dengue cases recorded in a day this year, 329.
Among the new patients, 273 were admitted to government and private hospitals in Dhaka while the remaining cases were reported outside the division, according to data from the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
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A total of 30 people have been suspected of dying from Dengue fever since January to August.
At present, 1,110 patients are receiving treatment at different hospitals in the capital while the rest were listed outside Dhaka.
Some 6,950 patients have been admitted to different hospitals with dengue since January, and 5,733 of them have been released after they recovered from the disease.
Dengue fever was first reported in Bangladesh in 2000, claiming 93 lives that year. In the years that followed, the country learned to deal with the disease much better, but it did become endemic. Fatalities almost fell to zero at one stage, before spiking again in 2018, leading to the horrific crisis the following year.
