Time Digitral Report: At least 310 more dengue patients were hospitalised in the 24 hours till Friday morning across Bangladesh, taking the total number of official hospitalisation to 23, 592 since January.
In the past 24 hours ending 8:00 am on Friday, 197 were hospitalised in Dhaka city and 113 in other places outside the capital, said a press release of the Directorate General of Health Services.
The mosquito-borne viral disease claimed the lives of 83 people this year but no death was reported in the past 24-hour cycle.
Of the total 83 deaths this year, 45 died in Dhaka city, one in Narayanganj district, 32 in Chattogram and five in Barishal divisions.
At least 7,500 hospitalisations, or about 32 percent of the total hospitalisations, were reported in the first 14 days of October, showing a rising trend of dengue infections.
A total of 9,911 patients were hospitalized in September alone, the highest in a month so far in the ongoing year.
A total of 3,571 people infected by dengue were hospitalised in August, followed by 1,571 in July, 737 in June, 163 on May, 23 on April, 20 each in February and March, and 126 in January, according to the official data.
A total of 2,715 dengue patients, including 1,916 in 51 public and private hospitals, are now getting treatment at hospitals across the country.
A total of 17,456 patients, or 74 percent of this year’s total hospitalisation, have been reported in Dhaka city.
