51 more dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hrs

Fifty-one more dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours until Wednesday morning amid a rise in the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Among them, 39 patients were hospitalised in Dhaka while the remaining 12 patients in other districts, it said.
As many as 169 dengue patients, including 126 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country, reports UNB.
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 1,528 dengue cases and 1,358 recoveries so far.
Although dengue - a leading cause of serious illness and death in some Asian and Latin American countries - was first reported in Bangladesh in 1964, the first epidemic occurred in 2000, claiming 93 lives that year. But 179 people died in 2019 experiencing the severe form of the disease.
When the Covid-19 pandemic hit in 2020, it seemed to take a backseat as only three deaths were reported from dengue that year.
However, 105 dengue patients, including 95 in Dhaka division, died in 2021.
Dengue is found in tropical and sub-tropical climates worldwide, mostly in urban and semi-urban areas.