At least three people died of dengue in the country鈥檚 biggest health facility, Dhaka Medical College Hospital, in the past 24 hours till Friday morning, raising the death from dengue infection to 27 across the country so far this year.
Of the deceased from dengue this year, 14 died in January, three in February, five in March, two in April and three in the first three days of May, according to the Directorate General of Health Services data.聽聽
In the past 24 hours till 8:00am on Friday, nine dengue patients were hospitalised across the country and the number of hospitalisation from the mosquito-borne viral disease rose to 2,248 this year, said a press release of the DGHS.
Of the hospitalisation this year, 1,055 were reported in January, 339 in February, 311 in March and with the slight increase 504 in April, and 39 in three days of May. There are 116 dengue patients hospitalised now countrywide.
Dengue killed 1,705 people and sent 3,21,179 people to hospitals in 2023 alone against 853 deaths and 2,44,246 hospitalisation between 2000 and 2022, the DGHS data showed.
A dengue outbreak was first officially reported in the country in 2000 when 93 people died and 5,551 patients were hospitalised, according to DGHS data.
