Two more people died from dengue and 53 others were hospitalised with the viral infection in the 24 hours till Sunday morning as cases have been creeping up again in Bangladesh.
All the deceased were from Cox's Bazar. Thirty-five new patients were admitted to the hospitals of Dhaka and 18 outside it, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Two hundred and twenty-two dengue patients, including 170 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country.
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This year, the DGHS has recorded 1,723 dengue cases and 1,498 recoveries so far. Up to now, the health authorities have reported three deaths from the mosquito-borne viral disease.
On June 21, the DGHS reported the first death of the season from dengue.
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.
