7 more die of dengue, 1209 infected
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The number of patients and deaths from the Aedes mosquito-borne disease dengue fever is increasing day by day. In the last 24 hours, 7 people have died from this disease across the country. With this, 40 people have died from dengue in the first 7 days of this month. And the death toll this year has increased to 337.
This information was given in a press release on dengue sent by the Health Emergency Operation Center and Control Room of the Directorate General of Health Services on Thursday (October 15) evening.
The release said that out of the seven people who died in the last 24 hours, four are from the Dhaka South City Corporation area. Besides, two are from the Dhaka North City Corporation. One of the deceased is from Khulna division.
In the last 12 hours, 1,209 people have been infected with dengue. With this, the number of infected people has increased to 69,456.
Among those hospitalized due to dengue in the last 24 hours, 406 are from the Dhaka City Corporations area and the rest are from outside Dhaka. During this period, 1,108 people have been discharged from the hospital.
Of the 69,456 people hospitalized with dengue from January 1 to October 30 of this year, 63.20 percent are men and 36.80 percent are women. In addition, of the 337 people who have died so far, 51.30 percent are women and 48.70 percent are men.
The dengue situation has taken a terrible shape since June 2023. Last year, 321,179 patients were hospitalized in the country and received treatment. On the other hand, 1,705 people have died from this mosquito-borne disease. This is the highest death record in the country's history so far.
Earlier, in 2019, 111,354 people were infected with dengue nationwide. At that time, about 300 people, including doctors and health workers, died.
Although dengue infections were not seen much during the Corona pandemic in 2020, 28,429 people were infected with dengue fever across the country in 2021. 105 people died of dengue that year.
In addition, a total of 62,382 people were hospitalized with dengue in 2022. That year, 281 people died from the mosquito-borne disease.
