UNB :
Another 172 patients were hospitalized with Dengue across the country in 24 hours till Monday morning.
With no deaths reported during the period, the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease this year remained static at 83, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Among the new patients, 130 were undergoing treatment in Dhaka hospitals while the remaining 42 cases were reported from outside the division.
Of the deceased, 77 people died in Dhaka division alone, two each in Chattogram and Khulna divisions and one each in Rajshahi and Mymensingh division.
Some 815 patients diagnosed with dengue are receiving treatment in the country as of Monday morning.
Of them, 630 patients are receiving treatment at different hospitals in the capital while the remaining 185 were listed outside Dhaka.
Since January, some 21,574 patients have been admitted to different hospitals with dengue in the country.
So far, 20,676 dengue patients have left hospitals after recovery, said DGHS.
In September, the country recorded the highest number of 7,841 dengue cases of the current year with 22 deaths.
Meanwhile, at least 172 patients were hospitalised in 24 hours till 8:00 am on Monday, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Of them, 42 patients are outside Dhaka.
With the new cases, a total of 3,377 people has been diagnosed in the current month out of the total 21,574 infected this year. Of the total infected, 3,024 patients are from outside Dhaka.
At least 7,841 were hospitalised in September, 7,698 were in August, 2,286 in July, 272 in June while 43 were infected in May and the rest are from January to April, according to DGHS.
A total of 83 people has died of dengue infection in the country this year.
Twelve people died in July while 34 have died in August, 23 in September and 14 in October so far.
Among the deaths, 77 have died in Dhaka division, two each in Chattogram and Khulna, and one each in Rajshahi and Mymensingh divisions.
Though most of the patients who were hospitalised have so far been released, 815 are still undergoing treatment at hospitals in Dhaka, and 185 outside the capital, the DGHS data showed.
