Dengue cases cross 20,000 mark this year

At least three dengue patients died and 211 were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till 8:00 am today. Only 47 such cases were outside Dhaka, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

With the new cases, a total of 1,932 were diagnosed in October alone. A total of 20,129 have been infected this year. Of the total infected, 2,681 are from outside Dhaka.

At least 7,841 were diagnosed in September; 7,698 in August; 2,286 hospitalised in July; 272 in June; 43 were infected in May, and the rest were infected between January and April, according to the DGHS.

Seventy-six people have died of dengue infection in the country this year. Twelve people died in July, 34 people in August, 23 in September, and seven in October so far.

Among the deaths, 71 have died in the Dhaka division, two each in Chattogram and Khulna division, and one in Rajshahi division, according to the DGHS.

Though most of the patients who were hospitalised have so far been released, 967 are still undergoing treatment at hospitals in Dhaka, and 172 outside the capital, the DGHS data shows.