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Bangladesh registers 21 more Covid cases, zero death
Bangladesh reported 21 more Covid cases in 24 hours till Wednesday morning.
With the new numbers, the country's total caseload rose to 2,036,866, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
However, the official death toll from the disease remained unchanged at 29,437 as no new fatalities were reported.
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The daily case test positivity rose to 0.78 percent from Tuesday's 0.69 percent as 2,700 samples were tested during the period.
The mortality and recovery rates remained unchanged at 1.45 percent and 97.53 percent, respectively.
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In November, the country reported 10 Covid-linked deaths and 1,345 cases.
Bangladesh registered its highest daily caseload of 16,230 on July 28 last year and daily fatalities of 264 on August 10 the same year.
Dengue: Bangladesh reports 3 deaths, 410 cases in 24 hrs
With three more deaths from dengue recorded in 24 hours till Sunday morning, the official death toll from the mosquito-borne disease rose to 257 this year.
During this period, 410 more patients, including 208 in Dhaka city, were hospitalised, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
With these, the death toll in Dhaka division rose to 157, in Chattogram to 61 and in Barishal to 12.
A total of 1,463 dengue patients, including 841 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country.
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The DGHS has recorded 58,619 dengue cases and 56,899 recoveries so far this year.
66 more Dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hrs
Sixty-six more dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours till Monday morning amid a rise in the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Among them, 44 patients were hospitalised in Dhaka, it said.
As many as 234 dengue patients, including 177 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country.
On Sunday, this year’s death toll from the viral infection rose to three with death of two more patients deaths from Cox’s Bazar.
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On June 21, the DGHS reported the first death of the season from the mosquito-borne viral disease.
The dengue cases are rising in the capital allegedly due to insufficient measures taken by the two Dhaka city corporations for preventing mosquito-borne diseases like dengue.
This year, the DGHS has recorded 1,789 dengue cases and 1,552 recoveries so far.
Although dengue – a leading cause of serious illness and death in some Asian and Latin American countries – was first reported in Bangladesh in 1964, the first epidemic occurred in 2000, claiming 93 lives that year. It has since become endemic in the country, with outbreaks recorded every year since. Although for a three-year period at one point, the number of deaths from the virus fell almost near zero, its most fatal year yet was in 2019, when 179 died experiencing the severe form of the disease.
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When the Covid-19 pandemic hit in 2020, it seemed to take a backseat, as only three deaths were reported from dengue that year.
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.
"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 per cent," according to the World Health Organization.
Daily test positivity rate surges to 3.88 per cent
Bangladesh recorded 232 new Covid cases in 24 hours till Wednesday morning taking the country's total caseload to 1,954,637.
The country's total fatalities, however, remained unchanged at 29,131 as no death was reported during the period, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The daily test positivity rate rose to 3.88 per cent from Tuesday’s 3.56 per cent as 5,986 samples were tested during the period.
The country on Tuesday saw 162 cases with zero death.
The mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.49 per cent. The recovery rates remained static at 97.49 per cent as 88 patients recovered during this period.
In May, the country reported only four Covid-linked deaths and 816 new cases, while 7,356 patients recovered from the disease, according to the DGHS.
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Among the four deaths during the period, one was vaccinated with single dose of Covid vaccine while three were vaccinated with two doses.
The country reported its first zero Covid death in a single day on November 20 last year, along with 178 cases, since the pandemic broke out here in March 2020.
On January 28, Bangladesh logged its previous highest positivity rate of 33.37 per cent.
The country registered its highest daily caseload of 16,230 on July 28 last year and daily fatalities of 264 on August 10 in the same year.
DGHS Drive: 116 unregistered hospitals sealed across the country
The local administrations of Faridpur, Bagerhat,Magura, Keraniganj, Thakurgaon, and Kurigram districts have shut at least 116 unregistered clinics, hospitals, and diagnostic centers following the directions of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS)on Sunday.
Of them 42 were sealed in Sherpur, 26 in Faridpur, 25 in Bagerhat, 15 in Magura, five in Keraniganj, and three in Kurigram according to local authorities.
On Thursday, DGHS directed the authorities concerned to close all unregistered clinics, private hospitals and diagnostic centres across the country within 72 hours.
No clinic, private hospital and diagnostics center will be allowed to run their activities until they get a license, said the health authority.
A team of the health service division led by Faridpur district Civil Surgeon Dr Md Siddiqur Rahman shutted down 26 diagnostic centers and clinics at sadar upazila, Modhukhali upazila, Boalmari upazila, Saltha upazila, Nagarkanda upazila, Bhanga upazila and Sadarpur upazila. Another 15 hospitals have been warned, said the authority.
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Bagerhat District administration sealed 25 illegal hospitals and fined a total of 35 hospitals with Tk 5.22 lakh while conducting a drive in the nine upazilas of the district.
Magura Civil Surgeon Dr Md Shahidullah told UNB they have closed 15 illegal clinics and diagnostic centers while conducting a drive at different places in the district and arrested a fake doctor.
Md Moshiur Rahman, Keraniganj upazila health and family planning officer said on the second day of the drive five clinics and diagnostic centers have been shut and four of them have been fined with Tk 2.55 lakh. Also a fake doctor has been sentenced with six month’s imprisonment, he said.
Kurigram Civil Surgeon Monjur Murshed said they have sealed three hospitals in the Kurigram municipal area during a drive against the unregistered clinics and diagnostic centers.
Covid-19: Bangladesh reports 30 new cases, no death
Bangladesh registered 30 new Covid cases in 24 hours till Wednesday morning taking the country's total caseload to 1,953,328, health authorities said.
With no new Covid deaths reported during the period, the total fatalities from the pandemic have so far remained unchanged at 29,130.
The daily test positivity rate slightly dropped to 0.65 per cent from Tuesday’s 0.79 per cent as 4,660 samples were tested, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
On Tuesday, the country saw 34 new cases with zero death.
The mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.49 per cent. The recovery rate rose to 97.35 per cent as 215 patients recovered during this period.
In April, the country reported only five Covid-linked deaths and 1,114 new cases, while 14,100 patients recovered from the disease, according to the DGHS.
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Among the five deaths during the period, two were unvaccinated patients while three were vaccinated with two doses of the Covid vaccine.
The country reported its first zero Covid death in a single day on November 20 last year, along with 178 cases, since the pandemic broke out here in March 2020.
On January 28, Bangladesh logged its previous highest positivity rate of 33.37 per cent.
The country registered its highest daily caseload of 16,230 on July 28 last year and daily fatalities of 264 on August 10 in the same year.
Woman with diarrhoea dies at Meherpur hospital
A 60-year-old woman suffering from diarrhoea died at Meherpur General Hospital on Friday night.
The deceased was identified as Aslima Khatun, a resident of Maniknagar village in Mujibnagar upazila of the district.
According to the family members, Aslima had been suffering from diarrhoea and was undergoing treatment at Mujibnagar Health Complex for the last three days.
As her condition deteriorated, she was taken to Meherpur General Hospital on Friday where she breathed that night, said Dr Mokhlesur Rahman of Meherpur General Hospital.
"We are waiting for the reports of her medical tests to determine the cause of her death," he said.
Bangladesh has been witnessing an alarming rise in diarrhoea cases since mid-March.
Some 250 people infected with diarrhoea are currently undergoing treatment at Meherpur General Hospital, said sources at the hospital.
Read: Diarrhoea hospitalisations continue to rise in Dhaka, other districts
Dr Md Nazmul Islam, a spokesperson for the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), on Wednesday said that necessary medicines for diarrhoea patients such as saline and water purification tablets were sent to hospitals.
A total of 4,528 medical teams are working across the country to fight diarrhoea.
Besides, around 23 lakh Dhaka residents will get two doses of the oral vaccine against cholera, he had said.
READ: Diarrhoea outbreak grips Barguna
The first dose of the vaccine will be given in May and the second in June, said Dr Nazmul.
Dengue: 4 more patients hospitalised in 24 hrs
Four more dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours till Saturday morning, health authorities said.
Fatalities from dengue remained unchanged at 105 as no new death was reported during the period, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
It said 95 people died in Dhaka division alone, four in Mymensingh, two each in Chattogram, and Khulna and one each in Rajshahi and Barishal divisions.
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Among the new patients, two are undergoing treatment at hospitals in Dhaka while the remaining two cases have been reported from outside the division.
Some 52 patients who were diagnosed with dengue are receiving treatment in the country as of Saturday.
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Of them, 24 are receiving treatment at different hospitals in the capital while the remaining 28 were listed outside Dhaka.
39 more Dengue patients hospitalized in 24 hrs
Thirty-nine new dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours till Monday morning, health authorities said.
With the latest deaths, fatalities from dengue rose to 103 in the country so far this year, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
It said 93 people died in Dhaka division alone, four in Mymensingh, two each in Chattogram, and Khulna and one each in Rajshahi and Barishal divisions.
Seventeen patients are undergoing treatment at hospitals in Dhaka while the remaining 22 cases have been reported from outside the division.
READ: 2 more die from Dengue, 50 new patients hospitalized in 24 hrs
Some 134 patients who were diagnosed with dengue are receiving treatment in the country as of Monday.
Of them, 89 are receiving treatment at different hospitals in the capital while the remaining 45 were listed outside Dhaka.
READ: 28 more Dengue patients hospitalized in 24 hrs, no death
Since January, some 28,216 patients have been admitted to different hospitals with Dengue in the country. So far, 27,979 dengue patients have left hospitals after recovery, said the DGHS.
Dengue in Bangladesh: 108 more hospitalized in 24 hrs
As many as 108 new dengue patients have been hospitalised in 24 hours until Wednesday morning, health authorities said.
The number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease remained unchanged at 98 in the current year as no fresh death was reported during the period, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Of the deceased, 90 people died in Dhaka division alone, two each in Chattogram, Mymensingh and Khulna divisions and one each in Rajshahi and Barishal divisions.
READ: Dengue in Bangladesh: 91 more hospitalized in 24 hrs
Among the new patients, 87 are undergoing treatment in hospitals in Dhaka while the remaining 21 cases have been reported from outside the division.
Some 479 patients diagnosed with dengue are receiving treatment in the country as of Wednesday.
Of them, 359 patients are receiving treatment at different hospitals in the capital while the remaining 120 were listed outside Dhaka.
Since January, some 26,741 patients have been admitted to different hospitals with dengue in the country. So far, 26,164 dengue patients have left hospitals after recovery, said DGHS.
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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.