Dengue claims two more lives
At least two more dengue patients died while 152 were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till 8am yesterday of whom 44 are from outside Dhaka, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
With the new cases, a total of 5,312 were diagnosed during the running month out of a total 23,509 infected. Of the total infected, 3,372 are from outside Dhaka.
At least 7,841 were diagnosed in September, 7,698 were diagnosed in August, 2,286 patients were hospitalised in July, 272 in June while 43 were infected in May and the rest are from January to April, according to the DGHS.
Ninety-one people have died of dengue in the country this year. Twelve people have died in July, 34 in August, 23 in September and 22 in October so far.
Among the deaths, 84 have died in Dhaka, two in Chattogram and Khulna and one each in Rajshahi, Mymensingh and Barishal.
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