Dengue: 1 dies after 7 days, 35 hospitalised

Another person has died of Aedes mosquito-borne dengue fever in Bangladesh over the past 24 hours after another gap of seven days.

With that, the number of deaths from the illness has risen to 17.

The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) last reported two dengue-related deaths on Apr 12.

The agency said as many as 35 new patients were hospitalised with the disease across the country in a day. The total number of dengue patients admitted this year has now risen to 2,227.

The latest victim was under treatment at a hospital in Dhaka South City Corporation.

The DGHS said as many as 12 new patients were hospitalised in the Dhaka metropolitan area until Saturday.

In addition, four were hospitalised in the Chattogram Division, three in the Khulna Division, and 16 in the Barishal Division.

As many as 123 patients are currently undergoing treatment for dengue in hospitals across the country. Of them, 44 are hospitalised in the capital and 79 are outside Dhaka.

In 2024, a total of 101,214 patients were hospitalised due to dengue nationwide, with 575 fatalities reported.

This marks the third-highest number of hospitalisations due to dengue in the country’s history, while the death toll ranks as the second-highest.

The DGHS has been keeping records of dengue hospitalisations and fatalities since 2000.

Since then, a record 321,179 dengue hospitalisations were logged in 2023. That year also saw the most deaths with 1,705.