Two more patients were hospitalised with dengue in the 24 hours till Monday morning. Of the new patients, one was admitted to a hospital in Dhaka and another outside it, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). 21 dengue patients, including 11 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country. Also read: 2 more dengue cases reported in 24 hrs: DGHS So far, the DGHS has recorded 809 dengue cases, 779 recoveries, and nine deaths this year. The country logged 281 dengue deaths in 2022 – the highest on record after 179 deaths recorded in 2019. Also, it recorded 62,423 dengue cases and 61,971 recoveries last year.  

Eight more people were hospitalised with dengue in 24 hours till Monday morning. Of the new patients, five were admitted to hospitals in Dhaka and the rest outside it, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Thirty dengue patients, including 15 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country. Read: Bangladesh reports 6 more Covid-19 cases So far, the DGHS has recorded 766 dengue cases, 727 recoveries, and nine deaths this year. The country logged 281 dengue deaths in 2022 – the highest on record after 179 deaths recorded in 2019. Also, it recorded 62,423 dengue cases and 61,971 recoveries last year.

One more patient was hospitalised with dengue in 24 hours till Friday morning. The new patient was admitted to hospital outside in Dhaka, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Thirty-one dengue patients, including 16 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country. Read: Bangladesh reports 16 more Dengue cases So far, the DGHS has recorded 752 dengue cases, 712 recoveries, and nine deaths this year. The country logged 281 dengue deaths in 2022 – the highest on record after 179 deaths recorded in 2019. Also, it recorded 62,423 dengue cases and 61,971 recoveries last year.  

Forty-two new dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours till Sunday morning as cases are rising again in Bangladesh. Among them, 32 patients were hospitalised in Dhaka while the remaining 10 patients in other places, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). As many as 133 dengue patients, including 118 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country. Also read: 49 dengue new patients hospitalised as cases keep rising On June 21, the DGHS reported the first death of the season from the mosquito-borne viral disease. This year, the DGHS has recorded 1,202 dengue cases and 1,068 recoveries so far. Dengue – a leading cause of serious illness and death in some Asian and Latin American countries – was first reported in Bangladesh in 2000 and claimed 93 lives. In three years, the fatality number almost fell to zero. However, 105 dengue patients, including 95 in Dhaka division, died in 2021. Dengue is found in tropical and sub-tropical climates worldwide, mostly in urban and semi-urban areas. About 4 billion people, almost half of the world's population, live in areas with a risk of dengue, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Each year, up to 400 million people get infected with dengue while approximately 100 million get sick from infection, and 40,000 die from severe dengue, it says. Also read: Dengue: 22 new patients hospitalised "There is no specific treatment for dengue or severe dengue. Early detection of disease progression associated with severe dengue, and access to proper medical care lowers fatality rates of severe dengue to below 1 percent," according to the World Health Organization.

Nine more dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours till Thursday morning, health authorities said. No new death was reported during the period, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). A total of 105 dengue patients- 95 in Dhaka division alone, four in Mymensingh, two each in Chattogram, and Khulna and one each in Rajshahi and Barishal divisions- have died  so far since January, 2021. Read: Dengue: 1 dies, 31 more patients hospitalised in 24 hrs Among the new patients, three are undergoing treatment at hospitals in Dhaka and the six other cases have been reported from outside the division. Some 52 patients who were diagnosed with dengue are receiving treatment in the country as of Thursday. Of them, 30 are receiving treatment at different hospitals in the capital while the remaining 22 were listed outside Dhaka. Read: Covid surge in Bangladesh: 5,000 get infected in just one week This year, some 61 patients have been admitted to different hospitals with Dengue so far and nine dengue patients have left hospital after recovery, said the DGHS.

Bangladesh reported 151 new patients being hospitalized with dengue fever in 24 hours till Monday morning. With no fresh death during the period, the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease this year remained unchanged at 95, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Of them 87 people died in Dhaka division alone, two each in Chattogram, Mymensingh and Khulna divisions and one each in Rajshahi and Barishal divisions. Also read: Dengue cases keep rising: 127 more hospitalised Among the new patients, 103 were undergoing treatment in hospitals in Dhaka while the remaining 48 cases were reported from outside the division. Some 662 patients diagnosed with dengue are receiving treatment in the country as of Monday. Of them, 523 patients are receiving treatment at different hospitals in the capital while the remaining 139 were listed outside Dhaka. Since January, some 24,795 patients have been admitted to different hospitals with dengue in the country. So far, 24,039 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 23 deaths. In October, the number of dengue cases came down to 5,604 with 22 deaths recorded. Also read: No let-up in dengue cases in Bangladesh; 138 more hospitalised Correlation with climate change A World Bank (WB) report released last week has found a wider link between the shifting climate conditions and the increase in dengue and some other diseases in Bangladesh. It says with falling humidity levels, rising temperatures and increasing rainfall caused by climate change, the risk of dengue spread can be higher in the country, mainly in Dhaka and Chttogram cities, in the future. Bangladesh has experienced a 0.5° Celsius increase in average temperature between 1976 and 2019 and is slowly losing the variations between seasons, the report added. Summers are becoming hotter and longer while winters are warmer, and the monsoon seasons are being extended from February to October. The report also predicted that average temperatures across Bangladesh will rise by 1.4° Celsius by 2050 while annual rainfall is likely to increase by 74 millimetres by 2040-2059.

Amid the rise in Dengue cases, 257 new  patients were admitted to different hospitals in 24 hours till Saturday morning. Among the new patients, 219 were admitted to government and private hospitals in Dhaka. The dengue outbreak has become a cause of major concern as country is battling the deadlier Delta variant of coronavirus with its limited medicare facilities for the last few months. Also read: Shattered by Covid, Bangladesh now awaits a dengue blow So far, 24 suspected dengue deaths were reported to the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) but it is yet to confirm any death from dengue, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Some 1,040 patients diagnosed with dengue are receiving treatment in the country as of Saturday morning, according to the DGHS. Most of the cases have been reported in the capital so far, said the health authorities. Of them, 954 patients are receiving treatment at different hospitals in the capital while the rest were listed outside Dhaka. Bangladesh started seeing an uptrend in dengue cases from June. It started seeing over 200 Dengue cases every day since August 1. Also read: Photos showing how hospitals in Bangladesh struggling with dengue patients amid covid surge Some 5,902 patients have been admitted to different hospitals with dengue since January, and 4,838 of them have been released after they recovered from the disease. Dengue fever was first reported in Bangladesh in 2000, claiming 93 lives that year. In the years that followed, the country learned to deal with the disease much better, but it did become endemic. Fatalities almost fell to zero at one stage, before spiking again in 2018, leading to the horrific crisis the following year.

The number of new dengue p a tients continues to rise in Bangladesh as health authorities said 19people were hospitalised with the mosquito-borne disease in the past 24 hours until Thursday morning.

Twelve new dengue cases were reported in the last 24 hours until Sunday morning, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Six new dengue cases were reported in the last 24 hours until Thursday morning, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).