17 dengue cases reported in 24hrs: DGHS  

Bangladesh has registered 17 more dengue cases in 24 hours till this morning (June 7, 2022).

Among the new patients, sixteen were admitted to different hospitals in Dhaka and another was hospitalised outside the capital, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Seventy-five dengue patients, including 70 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country.

This year, the DGHS has recorded 463 dengue cases and 388 recoveries so far. The directorate has not yet reported any death from the mosquito-borne disease.

Because there are four different dengue viruses, a person can be infected by the virus up to four times in their life. The symptoms include nausea, vomiting, aches and pains and a rash.

"There is no specific treatment for dengue or severe dengue. Early detection of disease progression associated with severe dengue, and access to proper medical care lowers fatality rates of severe dengue to below 1 percent," according to the World Health Organization.