2 more die of dengue in Khulna, Ctg

Two more patients died of dengue in Khulna and Chottagram yesterday. The number of dengue patients admitted to different hospitals across the country this year crossed the 70,000-mark yesterday, while the number of official death toll reached 57. According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), the number of recorded cases in the first eight months of this year has hit 70,195. Among them, at least 51,734 were hospitalised across the country in August alone.  According to data, the number of fresh dengue patients admitted to hospitals across the country went down by 26 per cent from the previous day.

A total of 760 dengue patients were admitted to various hospitals across the country in the last 24 hours, while the number of admission on Friday was 1,025. Among the new patients admitted yesterday, a total of 349 patients were hospitalised in Dhaka and 411 in hospitals outside the capital.

The dengue victims were identified as Badsha Molla, 55, from Jafrabad area in Sitakunda in Chottagram and Shilpi Akhter, 45, from Khulna district.

Badsha Molla died of dengue at Park View Hopital in the port city early yesterday morning. He was admitted to the hospital on August 22. Besides dengue, Badsha was suffering from kidney and heart disease for long.

Shilpi Akhter, wife of Md Shaheb Ali, died of dengue at the Khulna Medical College hospital yesterday. She was suffering from the deadly disease for several days. She was admitted to the hospital last Friday.

A total of 65,150 patients have already been released from hospitals. So, 93 per cent of the hospitalized dengue patients have gone home after treatment.

The number of admitted patients currently undergoing treatment in government and private hospitals combined is 4,860, according to DGHS data.

As many as 2,696 patients are currently receiving treatment in 41 government and private hospitals in the capital, whereas a total of 2,164 patients are undergoing treatment outside the capital.

Meanwhile, the DGHS analysed 96 out of 185 cases of death and confirmed 57 deaths to have been caused by the mosquito-borne disease.

“We have scrutinised 96 dengue death cases and confirmed 57 dengue deaths so far. We have so far received information about the death of 185 people in the dengue outbreak. We are scrutinising the information to confirm whether the deaths had indeed been caused by dengue,” said Dr Meerjady Sabrina Flora, director of the Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control and Research (IEDCR).

 

2 more die of dengue in Khulna, Ctg

Two more patients died of dengue in Khulna and Chottagram yesterday. The number of dengue patients admitted to different hospitals across the country this year crossed the 70,000-mark yesterday, while the number of official death toll reached 57. According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), the number of recorded cases in the first eight months of this year has hit 70,195. Among them, at least 51,734 were hospitalised across the country in August alone. According to data, the number of fresh dengue patients admitted to hospitals across the country went down by 26 per cent from the previous day. A total of 760 dengue patients were admitted to various hospitals across the country in the last 24 hours, while the number of admission on Friday was 1,025. Among the new patients admitted yesterday, a total of 349 patients were hospitalised in Dhaka and 411 in hospitals outside the capital. The dengue victims were identified as Badsha Molla, 55, from Jafrabad area in Sitakunda in Chottagram and Shilpi Akhter, 45, from Khulna district. Badsha Molla died of dengue at Park View Hopital in the port city early yesterday morning. He was admitted to the hospital on August 22. Besides dengue, Badsha was suffering from kidney and heart disease for long. Shilpi Akhter, wife of Md Shaheb Ali, died of dengue at the Khulna Medical College hospital yesterday. She was suffering from the deadly disease for several days. She was admitted to the hospital last Friday. A total of 65,150 patients have already been released from hospitals. So, 93 per cent of the hospitalized dengue patients have gone home after treatment. The number of admitted patients currently undergoing treatment in government and private hospitals combined is 4,860, according to DGHS data. As many as 2,696 patients are currently receiving treatment in 41 government and private hospitals in the capital, whereas a total of 2,164 patients are undergoing treatment outside the capital. Meanwhile, the DGHS analysed 96 out of 185 cases of death and confirmed 57 deaths to have been caused by the mosquito-borne disease. We have scrutinised 96 dengue death cases and confirmed 57 dengue deaths so far. We have so far received information about the death of 185 people in the dengue outbreak. We are scrutinising the information to confirm whether the deaths had indeed been caused by dengue, said Dr Meerjady Sabrina Flora, director of the Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control and Research (IEDCR).