Dengue fever: 1 dead, 165 hospitalised in a single day

One dengue patient died while 165 people were hospitalised with dengue fever in the 24 hours preceding 8:00am today, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Of them, 24 were hospitalised outside Dhaka.

A total of 7,841 dengue patients were hospitalised across the country in September which is the highest number of hospitalisations in a single month this year.

According to the DGHS report, 7,698 were diagnosed in August, 2,286 patients were hospitalised in July, 272 in June, 43 in May and the rest were diagnosed between January and April.

With the new cases, a total of 18,362 were hospitalised this year. Of the total infected, 2,337 are from outside Dhaka.

This year, 68 people have died of dengue infection in the country. All of whom died between July, August and September.

Twelve people died in July, 34 died in August and 22 in September.

Among the deaths, 63 have died in Dhaka division, two in Chattogram and Khulna divisions and one in Rajshahi division.

Though most of the patients who were hospitalised have so far been released, 975 are still undergoing treatment at hospitals in Dhaka, and 209 outside the capital, the DGHS data shows.