31 individuals hospitalised with dengue in 24 hours
Up to 186 dengue cases
are receiving treatment, including 145 in the capital.
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In response to an increase in the mosquito-borne illness in Bangladesh, the Directorate General of Health Services reports that 31 additional dengue patients were admitted to hospitals in the 24 hours leading up to Friday morning (DGHS).
Thirty of them, it
said, were hospitalised in Dhaka.
Up to 186 dengue
patients, including 145 in the nation's capital, are currently being treated in
hospitals throughout the nation. The two Dhaka municipal corporations are
believed to have taken insufficient steps to avoid diseases spread by mosquitoes,
which is why dengue cases are increasing in the capital.
The first
season-opening death from the viral illness spread by mosquitos was reported by
the DGHS on June 21.
The DGHS has so far
counted 1,423 recoveries from dengue infections this year, totaling 1,610
cases.
Although dengue was originally discovered in Bangladesh in 1964, the first epidemic, which claimed 93 lives that year, did not occur until 2000. Dengue is a common cause of serious disease and death in numerous Asian and Latin American countries. Since then, it has spread throughout the nation and annual outbreaks have been documented.
Although the virus's
death toll briefly dropped to nearly nil for a three-year period, its deadliest
year to date was 2019, when 179 people succumbed to the disease's severe
version.
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Only three dengue
deaths were recorded in 2020, the year the Covid-19 pandemic emerged, appearing
to take a backseat.
However, 105 dengue patients
died in 2021, including 95 in the division of DhakDengue is a tropical and
subtropical disease that primarily affects urban and semi-urban settings.
According to the US
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately half of the world's
population—about four billion people—live in places where dengue is a
possibility.