Dengue cases on the rise, 31 new cases

After a few months of low dengue figures, cases are creeping up again in Bangladesh, reports UNB.
The country confirmed 31 more dengue - a viral infection - cases in the 24 hours to Thursday morning.
Twenty-eight new patients were admitted to the hospitals of Dhaka and three outside it, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Eighty-three dengue patients, including 78 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country.
This year, the DGHS has recorded 510 dengue cases and 427 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.