News Desk :
Thirty-nine dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours till 8:00 am on Monday, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Of them, 22 were from outside Dhaka, the DGHS data shows.
With the new cases, the total number of dengue patients rose to 28,216 while a total of 994 was diagnosed during the running month. Of the total infected, 4,679 are from outside Dhaka.
At least 3,567 dengue patients were diagnosed in November; 5,458 in October; 7,841 were diagnosed in September; 7,698 were diagnosed in August; 2,286 patients were hospitalised in July, 272 in June while 43 were infected in May and rest are from January to April, according to the DGHS.
So far, 103 people have died of dengue infection in the country this year — all in July, August, September, October, November and December.
Twelve people died in July while 34 died in August 23 in September 22 in October, seven in November and five in December.
Among the deaths, 93 have died in Dhaka division, four in Mymensingh, and 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, 134 are still undergoing treatment at hospitals in Dhaka, and 45 outside the capital, the DGHS data shows.
