Dengue outbreak: Record 922 patients get hospitalised

At least 922 dengue patients were admitted to hospitals across the country yesterday, the highest health directorate recorded in a single day this year.

Meanwhile, two people died from dengue in the last 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday, reported the Directorate General of Health Directorate.

With this, the total number of deaths this year rose to 112. The total number of dengue cases rose to 30,029. Of them, 8,605 patients are outside Dhaka.

Among the new admission, 520 were in Dhaka and 402 outside.

Of the total 30,029 cases, about half were recorded this October, while 57 out of the 112 deaths were witnessed during the same period.

Experts have called upon city corporations to take immediate measures to kill Aedes mosquitoes, the carrier of dengue.

According to DGHS, dengue infections are the highest among people aged over 20 years while the death toll is high among people aged between 40 and 80 years.

The findings also showed that among the deaths most died within three days of bringing a patient to a hospital.

A DGHS monsoon survey, conducted between August 11 and 23, found the presence of Aedes mosquitoes in 13.4 percent of houses under DNCC and 11.75 percent of homes under DSCC.

According to the survey, Aedes mosquitoes were present in 45.2 percent of multi-storey buildings and 24.8 percent of under-construction buildings under DNCC.

In DSCC areas, the mosquitoes were found in 33.0 percent of multi-storey buildings, 27 percent of independent houses, 12.1 percent of slums, and 5.1 percent of vacant plots.