Bangladesh reported another death from dengue fever while 157 new patients were hospitalized in the 24 hours to Thursday morning.
With the fresh death, the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease this year increased to 95, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Of them 87 people died in Dhaka division alone, two each in Chittagong, Mymensingh and Khulna divisions and one each in Rajshahi and Barishal divisions.
Among the new patients, 122 were undergoing treatment in hospitals in Dhaka while the remaining 35 cases were reported from outside the division.
Some 758 patients diagnosed with dengue are receiving treatment in the country as of Thursday.
Of them, 601 patients are receiving treatment at different hospitals in the capital while the remaining 157 were listed outside Dhaka.
Since January, some 24,277 patients have been admitted to different hospitals with dengue in the country. So far, 23,424 dengue patients have left hospitals after recovery, said DGHS.
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In September, the country recorded the highest number of 7,841 dengue cases of the current year with 23 deaths.
In October, the number of Dengue cases came down to 5,604 with 22 deaths recorded.
The outbreak of dengue fever has sparked new worries as the country’s health services are already overburdened because of the pandemic.
Dengue fever was first reported in Bangladesh in 2000, claiming 93 lives that year. In the years that followed, the country learned to deal with the disease much better.
The fatalities had almost fallen to zero at one stage, before surging again in 2018, leading to the most severe outbreak the following year.
According to official statistics, 101,354 dengue cases and 179 deaths were recorded in Bangladesh in 2019.
However, the DGHS recorded 1,193 dengue cases and three confirmed dengue-related deaths in 2020.