One more person died from dengue in the 24 hours until Monday morning raising this year’s death toll from the mosquito-borne disease to 20, health authorities said on Monday.
During this period 201 people were hospitalised with the viral fever as cases have continued to increase in Bangladesh, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The latest death was reported from Cox’s Bazar, where the dengue death toll stood at 11. Nine other fatalities were from Dhaka.
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One hundred and forty-nine new patients were admitted to the hospitals of Dhaka and 52 outside it, the DGHS said.
A total of 668 dengue patients, including 551 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country.
On June 21, the DGHS reported the first death of the season from the viral disease. In July, it recorded 1,571 dengue cases and nine deaths.
This year, the directorate has recorded 5,693 dengue cases and 5,005 recoveries so far
Source: United News of Bangladesh