51 more dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hrs--

Fifty-one more dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours until Thursday morning amid a rise in the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh, according to Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Among them, 41 patients were hospitalised in Dhaka while the remaining 10 patients in other districts, it said.
As many as 179 dengue patients, including 139 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, DGHS reported the first death of the season from the mosquito-borne viral disease.
This year, DGHS has recorded 1,579 dengue cases and 1,399 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. In 2019, 179 people died 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.