31 new dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hrs

Thirty-one new dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours until Thursday morning as cases are on the rise in Bangladesh, reports UNB.
Of them, 28 were hospitalised in Dhaka division, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
As many as 132 dengue patients, including 124 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country. 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.
On June 21, the DGHS reported the first death of the season from the mosquito-borne viral disease. This year, the DGHS has recorded 1,347 dengue cases and 1, 214 recoveries so far.
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.