Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has expressed its concern that the number of newly dengue affected people is on the rise in Jessore and Barisal division.
Dengue, considered an urban disease, has presented a horrifying scenario this year keeping the number of newly admitted patient higher outside Dhaka.
Dr Ayesha Akter, assistant director of the DGHS Health Emergency Operation Centre and Control Room told Dhaka Tribune the number of new patient remains higher outside Dhaka.
The assistant director said: "We are worried because the number of newly affected patients is not decreasing in Jessore and some parts of Barisal. This is keeping the number outside Dhaka higher than that in the Dhaka city."
Patients admitted outside of Dhaka
According to DGHS, some 793 patients have been admitted to the hospital in last 24 hours from 8am Thursday to 8am Friday.
Among them, 325 people with dengue were admitted to various hospitals in Dhaka, and 468 people were admitted to hospitals outside Dhaka.
The Health Emergency Operation Center and Control Room at DGHS, in a press release issued on Friday, said the number of patients currently undergoing treatment in government and private hospitals in the country is 3,337.
As many as 1,704 patients are currently receiving treatment in 41 government and private hospitals in Dhaka, whereas 1,633 people are undergoing treatment outside Dhaka, the DGHS data said.
A total of 57 dengue patients have died across Bangladesh from January 1 till September 6, according to their own collected data. However, the unofficial death toll is reported to be around 138, so far.
Since January 1 till September 6, a total of 75,146 people have been affected by dengue.
Among those admitted, a total of 71,617 have been released from their respective hospitals and clinics after treatment.
