Twenty-three dengue patients were admitted to different hospitals in Dhaka in the last 24 hours until Saturday morning amid a spike in the mosquito-borne disease in the country. Bangladesh is currently seeing a rise in dengue cases following the annual trends while the country grapples with a surge in Covid-19 infections. Sixty six dengue patients are currently receiving treatment at 41 government and private hospitals in Dhaka, according to a handout of the Directorate General of Health Services(DGHS). Also read: 45 dengue patients undergoing treatment at Dhaka hospitals: DGHS Besides, one patient with dengue was admitted to a hospital outside Dhaka taking the total number of infected people in the country to 67 as of Saturday. A total of 247 patients have been admitted to different hospitals with dengue since January and of them, 202 patients recovered. Health authorities reported 1,193 dengue cases and three confirmed dengue-related deaths in 2020. Also read: How to protect yourself and your family from Dengue fever According to official figures, 101,354 dengue cases and 179 deaths were recorded in Bangladesh in 2019. Dengue fever was first reported in Bangladesh in 2000 and it claimed 93 lives. In three years, the fatality number almost fell to zero. However, the mosquito-borne viral infection struck again in 2018, killing 26, and infecting 10,148 people.

Bangladesh is recording an increasing number of dengue cases over the past weeks with 21 patients hospitalised in the last 24 hours until Saturday morning.

The health authorities reported 12 new dengue cases in Dhaka in the last 24 hours until Friday morning.

Bangladesh is seeing a rise in the number of dengue cases in recent days with the health authorities confirming hospitalisation of 14 new patients in the past 24 hours until Tuesday morning.

Five dengue patients are currently taking treatment at different hospitals in the city and outside the capital, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said Friday.