A total of 100 patients diagnosed with dengue are currently receiving treatment at different government and private hospitals across the country as of Sunday morning, amid a spike in the mosquito-borne disease during monsoon.
Twenty-nine new patients were admitted to different hospitals in Dhaka in 24 hours until Sunday morning, and two patients were hospitalized outside Dhaka during the period, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
A total of 98 dengue patients are receiving treatment at 41 government and private hospitals in Dhaka, while two outside the city.
So far, 465 patients have been admitted in different hospitals with dengue since January 2021, and 365 of them have been released after recovery.
Health authorities reported 1,193 dengue cases and three confirmed dengue-related deaths in 2020.
According to official figures, 101,354 dengue cases and 179 deaths were recorded in Bangladesh in 2019.
Dengue fever was first reported in Bangladesh in 2000 when it claimed 93 lives. In the following three years, the fatalities almost fell to zero.
However, the mosquito-borne viral infection struck again in 2018, killing 26, and infecting 10,148 people.
