Two dead, 344 hospitalised in 24hrs

At least two dengue patients died and 344 were admitted to different hospitals across the country in the last 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday.

This year's death toll has now risen to 63.

Thirty-one have died in Dhaka, 20 in Cox's Bazar, six in Chattogram, five in Barishal and one in Narayanganj, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Of the 344 new patients, 74 are from outside Dhaka. The total number of dengue cases this year is now 18,646.

A total of 2,156 dengue patients, 555 from outside Dhaka, are being treated; 16,427 have been released from hospitals so far.

A monsoon survey of the DGHS, conducted between August 11 and 23, found the presence of Aedes mosquitoes in 13.4 percent of houses under Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and 11.75 percent of homes under Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC).

The survey also found 13 wards in DNCC and 14 in DSCC to be at risk of dengue, as the density of Aedes mosquitoes was high there.