Dengue cases near 100,000

Dengue-positive cases in the country reached 99,994 this year as 2134 fresh cases were reported in 24 hours till Sunday morning.
Of the total cases, 48,456 were from Dhaka.
Of the new patients, 785 were admitted to hospitals in Dhaka and the rest outside the capital--indicating a worsening situation across the country.
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), on the World Mosquito Day, registered 10 more deaths due to dengue fever, including 6 from Dhaka.
The ever worsening dengue situation continues to deteriorate in other cities as the health authorities continue to record a growing number of new cases in other cities outside Dhaka.
The dengue hospitalization continues to rise outside Dhaka as the DGHS reported 1,349 cases outside Dhaka.
With the new casualties, the death tolls crossed 476 in dengue fever, including 357 from Dhaka.
Last year, 281 people died due to dengue, the second highest in the history of the country.
A total of 7,582 people were being treated across the country in hospitals.
Of them, 3,532 were from Dhaka. Of the total admitted, 91,936 patients made recovery and returned home, and of the total, half of the recovery made from Dhaka, 44,567 in number.
So far, the DGHS has recorded, 91,936recoveries this year.
Meanwhile, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) urged swift action as dengue cases surge in Bangladesh.
"The higher incidence of dengue is taking place in the context of an unusual episodic amount of rainfall, combined with high temperatures and high humidity, which have resulted in an increased mosquito population throughout Bangladesh," WHO said.

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