DGHS records highest daily dengue toll at five

The health authorities on Monday registered the season's highest single-day dengue toll with five deaths on Monday, taking the total fatalities to 18 since January.
Of the total, 13 people died from the mosquito-borne disease in June alone, according to the Director General of Health Service (DGHS) data.
Out of five new deaths, two were reported in Chittagong division and one each in Mymensingh division and in Dhaka South City Corporation and Dhaka North City Corporation areas; while three of the deceased are women.
In the past 24 hours, 124 people infected with dengue have been admitted to hospitals. With this, the number of dengue patients hospitalised so far this year has risen to 5,924.
Of them, 5,455 have recovered and left hospitals, including 100 in the said 24 hours. The number of dengue patients admitted to hospitals this month is 2,727.
Barisal continues to see growing number of new infections worrying experts that this year dengue infection could grip hard the division drawing precautionary measures.
Dengue outbreak in Bangladesh occurs during the monsoon season from July to October, mainly under the impact of waterlogging.
Meanwhile, DGHS reported deaths of four more children with measles-like symptoms in the past 24 hours until Monday 8:0 am.
With the new fatalities, the number of measles-related deaths rose to 716 since mid-March this year. Of the total fatalities, 93 were confirmed cases.
As many as 1,004 suspected and 141 confirmed measles infections were recorded in the said 24 hours.
The total suspected measles infections rose 100,211 and confirmed infections to 11,851 since mid- March, said DGHS.
In response to a measles outbreak rapidly spreading across the country, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare already vaccinated over 18.47 million children since April.
Measles is a highly contagious viral disease, which affects individuals of all ages and remains one of the leading causes of death among young children globally.

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