11 dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hours

Eleven dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours till 8 am today, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Of them, four are from outside of Dhaka.

With the new cases, a total of 1,146 people were diagnosed during the current month out of the 28,368 infected this year.

Of the total infected, 4,727 are outside of Dhaka.

At least 3,567 dengue patients were diagnosed in November, 5,458 in October, 7,841 were diagnosed in September, 7,698 in August, 2,286 patients were hospitalised in July, 272 in June while 43 were infected in May, and the rest are from January to April, according to DGHS.

A total of 104 people has died of dengue infection in the country this year. Of them, 12 people died in July while 34 died in August, 23 in September, 22 in October, seven in November and six in December so far.

Among them, 93 have died in Dhaka division, four in Mymensingh, two each in Chattogram and Khulna and one each in Rajshahi and Barishal divisions.

Though most of the patients who were hospitalised have so far been released, 84 are still undergoing treatment at hospitals in Dhaka, and 33 outside the capital, the DGHS data showed.