Dengue claims 17 more lives

The health authorities on Thursday reported 17 more deaths due to mosquito-borne dengue fever, taking the total fatalities to 1,449 this year.
Of the new fatalities, 13 were from outside Dhaka and four from Dhaka. Of the total deaths, 854 were from Dhaka, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Meanwhile, 1,734 more people admitted to hospitals in the past 24 hours till 8:00 am Thursday, including 271 from Dhaka, said the DGHS in its daily update.
The ever worsening dengue situation showed growing numbers of cases from outside Dhaka. Of the new cases of hospitalisations, 1463 were reported from outside Dhaka.
The total dengue cases this year rose to 287,239. Of the total, 102,591 were from Dhaka.
The fatalities and cases of hospitalisation due to the deadly mosquito-borne disease are highest in the last 23 years in the country.
Dengue appears to coincide with the rainy season from May to September and higher temperatures in Bangladesh, said the World Health Organization (WHO).
A total of 6,360 people were being treated across the country in hospitals. Of them, 1,649 were from Dhaka.
Of the total admitted,  279,430 patients made recovery and returned home, including 100,088 from Dhaka with a 97 per cent recovery rate on average.
Last year, 281 people died due to dengue, the second highest in the history of the country.
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