Dengue fever: 7 patients hospitalised in 24 hours

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

This is the first time in six months that the dengue infection has dropped to a single digit.

No cases were reported zero outside of Dhaka,

With the new cases, a total of 1,108 people were diagnosed during the running month out of the 28,330 infected this year.

 Of the total infected, 4,759 are outside of Dhaka.

At least 3.567 dengue patients were hospitalised in November, 5,458 in October, 7,841 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 the DGHS.

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

Among the deaths, 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, 102 are still undergoing treatment at hospitals in Dhaka, and 38 outside the capital, the DGHS data showed.