At least seven more people died of dengue and 860 others were hospitalised across the country in the past 24 hours till Saturday morning, raising the death from dengue infection to 150 so far this year.
Of the deaths, two died in Barishal and Chattogram each, one in Dhaka south and north city corporations, and one聽 in the Dhaka division outside the capital, according to the Directorate General of Health Services data.聽
According to the DGHS data, both deaths and hospitalisation are increasing.
The total hospitalisation from the mosquito-borne viral disease has reached 28,565 since January.
Of the deceased this year, 14 died in January, three in February, five in March, two in April, two in May, eight in June, 12 in July, 27 in August and 67 in the first 28 days of September.
Of the hospitalisation this year, 1,055 were reported in January, 339 in February, 311 in March, 504 in April, 644 in May, 798 in June, 2,669 in July, 6,521 in August and 15,724 in first 28 days of September.
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.
Entomologists observed that dengue patients were on the rise largely due to the inactivity of the authorities concerned amid the ongoing monsoon.
Entomologists feared that dengue death might reach its pick in late October or early November as rain still continued.
The dengue season might prolong till November if the authorities did not gave proper attention, entomologists said.聽
