Morning Sun Online //

From Saturday 8 am to Sunday 8 am (in one day) 4 more people died due to dengue. At the same time, another 660 people were admitted to the hospital due to the virus.

This information was informed in a press release sent from the Health Emergency Operation Center and Control Room of the Department of Health on Sunday (October 13).

It said that among the new admissions in the hospital, 32 people were in Barisal division.
There are 57 people in Chittagong Division, 111 in Dhaka Division (outside City Corporation), 207 in Dhaka North City, 121 in Dhaka South City, 71 in Khulna Division. Besides, 23 new patients were admitted in Rajshahi division, 20 in Mymensingh division, 17 in Rangpur division and 1 new patient in Sylhet division.

Meanwhile, 697 dengue patients have been discharged from hospitals across the country in the last one day. This year, 38 thousand 646 people got clearance.

According to the Department of Health, a total of 42,470 patients have been admitted to the hospital since January this year. However, 214 people have died of dengue so far this year. Besides, 3 lakh 21 thousand 179 people were admitted to the hospital due to dengue last year. 1 thousand 705 people died.

Dengue outbreaks occur every year during the rainy season. From June 2023, the dengue situation became dire. Last year, three lakh 21 thousand 179 patients were admitted to the hospital and received treatment in the country. Among them, 100,800 people were treated in Dhaka and 211,171 people outside Dhaka.

Three lakh 18 thousand 749 people recovered from the hospital and returned home. Last year, 1,705 people died of the mosquito-borne disease, the highest single-year death toll in the country’s history.

Earlier in 2019, 1 lakh 1 thousand 354 people were infected with dengue nationwide. Around 300 people including doctors and health workers died at that time.

During the corona epidemic in 2020, dengue infection was not seen much, but in 2021, 28 thousand 429 people were infected with dengue fever across the country. 105 people died of dengue that year.

In addition, in 2022, a total of 62 thousand 382 people were admitted to the hospital with dengue. That year, 281 people died from the mosquito-borne disease.