60 new dengue patients hospitalised

Sixty new dengue patients got admitted to hospital in a period of 24 hours until Wednesday morning.

The number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease remained unchanged at 100 as no new death was reported during the period, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Ninety-two people died in Dhaka division alone, two each in Chattogram, Mymensingh and Khulna divisions and one each in Rajshahi and Barishal divisions.

Thirty-three new patients are undergoing treatment at hospitals in Dhaka while the remaining 27 cases have been reported from outside the division.

Some 234 patients diagnosed with dengue are receiving treatment in the country as of Wednesday, reports United News of Bangladesh.

Of them, 177 patients are receiving treatment at different hospitals in the capital while the remaining 57 were listed outside Dhaka.

Since January, some 27,839 patients have been admitted to different hospitals with dengue in the country. So far, 27,505 dengue patients have left hospitals after recovery, said DGHS.

What experts say

Experts attribute the unusually high dengue cases during the dry season, mainly in Dhaka, to the prolonged rainy season, sporadic rainfall, and high humidity and temperature, Aedes mosquitoes’ reproductive and behavioural changes caused by climate change and lack of people’s awareness and poor controlling measures by the two city corporations of the capital.

They also said the climate conditions of Bangladesh are becoming more favourable for the Aedes mosquitos to prevail in all seasons with high or low intensity mainly for the increase in temperature and breeding sources.