Two dengue patients die, 311 hospitalised in 24 hrs

Two dengue patients died and 311 were admitted to
different hospitals across the country during the last 24 hours till 8 am
today.

On November 15, Bangladesh witnessed 24 dengue deaths, the highest in a
single day this year.

“The death toll from dengue infection crossed the 1600-mark as the
authorities recorded 1,667 dengue deaths from January 1 to December 11 this
year,” a press release from the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS)
said.

“During the period, 80 dengue patients were hospitalised in Dhaka city while
311 were admitted to different hospitals outside the capital city,” the DGHS
daily statement added.

“This year, 1,667 deaths, the highest in a year since dengue was detected in
2000, were reported from dengue disease while 281 died last year,” the
statement said.

With the new cases, the total number of patients rose to 3,17,956 the
statement said, adding: “This year, some 3,14,308 patients were released from
different hospitals out of the total patients.” (BSS)