75 dengue patients now under treatment

Seventeen more dengue cases have been registered in 24 hours until Tuesday morning, reports UNB.

Among the new patients, sixteen were admitted to different hospitals in Dhaka and another was hospitalised outside the capital, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Seventy-five dengue patients, including 70 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country.

This year, the DGHS has recorded 463 dengue cases and 388 recoveries so far. The directorate has not yet reported any death from the mosquito-borne viral disease.

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.