Like every year Dengue is affecting the people of Bangladesh. As the Monsoon begins its affecting is gradually increasing day by day. The picking season for dengue seems to be starting people should take special care, especially the children and immunocompromised patients.
According to the DG health report, a total 11278 number of patients have been affected, among them 78 patients died from January 2024 to till date. A study shows that in the case of the male-female ratio among the affected 61.3% are male and 38.7% are female and among the died 47.4% are male and 52.6% are female. The study said the age group 21-30 is the highest affected people of both sexes.
A person has died of dengue fever and another 319 patients with the Aedes mosquito-borne disease have been hospitalized across Bangladesh in the past 24 hours.
The Directorate General of Health Services said among the new dengue patients hospitalized until Sunday morning, 146 were in Dhaka (Dhaka south city is the highest), 37 in Barishal, 68 in Chattogram, 53 in Khulna, seven in Mymensingh, five in Rajshahi, and three in Rangpur.
Until Sunday morning, a total of 1,105 dengue patients have been receiving treatment at hospitals. They include 672 in the capital and 433 outside Dhaka.
The health directorate has been keeping records of dengue hospitalizations and deaths since 2000.
Since then, a record 321,179 dengue hospitalizations were logged in 2023. The highest 1,705 people also died of the disease that year.