Dengue fever: 1 dead, 157 patients hospitalised in 24 hours

One more dengue patients has died and 157 patients were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till 8:00 am today, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Of them, 35 patients are outside of Dhaka.

With the new cases, a total of 622 people has been diagnosed in the current month out of the total 24,277 infected this year.

Of the total infected, 3,550patients are from outside of Dhaka.

At least 5,458 were hospitalised in October, 7,841 in September, 7,698 were in August, 2,286 patients in July, 272 in June while 43 were infected in May and the rest are from January to April, according to DGHS.

A total of 95 people has died of dengue infection in the country this year. Twelve people died in July while 34 have died in August and 23 in September, 22 in October and three in November so far.

Among the deaths, 87 have died in the Dhaka division, two in Chattogram and Khulna divisions and one each in Rajshahi, Mymensingh and Barishal divisions.

Though most of the patients who were hospitalised have so far been released, 758 are still undergoing treatment at hospitals in Dhaka, and 157 outside the capital, the DGHS data showed.