4 deaths in one day due to dengue, more than 300 infected

4 people have died due to dengue in the last 24 hours. During this period, 346 people were newly infected and admitted to the hospital. So far this year, 83 people have died of dengue and 12 thousand 841 people have been hospitalized.

This was known from the information provided by the Health Emergency Operation Center and Control Room of the Department of Health on Saturday (August 31).

According to the Department of Health, 1,333 patients are currently admitted in various public and private hospitals across the country. Among them, 780 people are admitted in Dhaka and the remaining 553 people are admitted in other parts of the country.

From January 1 to August 31 this year, a total of 12 thousand 841 people have been admitted to hospitals due to dengue. Of whom 61.3 percent are men and 38.7 percent are women. And among them 83 people died. Among them, 54.2 percent are women and 45.8 percent are men.

Dengue outbreaks occur every year during the rainy season. From June 2023, the dengue situation became dire. Last year, 321 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 have 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.

Bangladesh /FM