At least six people died of dengue and 1,248 others were hospitalised across the country in the past 24 hours till Sunday morning, raising the death from dengue infection to 277 so far this year.
Two died at district level in Dhaka division and one each in Barishal and Rangpur divisions, in Dhaka South and North cities, 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 reached to 56,911 since January.
Of the deceased from dengue 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, 80 in September and 114 in the 27 days of October.
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 18, 097 in September and 25,973 in the first 27 days of October.
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.
Entomologists observed that dengue patients are on the rise largely due to the inactivity of the authorities concerned amid the ongoing monsoon.
Entomologists feared that dengue fatality might get pick in late October or early November as rain still continued. The dengue season might prolong to November if the authorities did not gave proper attention.