Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on Sunday said that most of the dengue patients who have been hospitalised are from 11 areas of Dhaka’s two city corporations.
Of the areas, six are under Dhaka South City Corporation and the remaining five are under Dhaka North City Corporation.
DGHS director (hospital and clinic) Md Habibul Ahsan Talukder disclosed the information at a press briefing.
The six DSCC areas are Jatrabari, Mugda, Kodomtoli, Jurain, Dhanmondi and Basabo while the five DNCC areas are Uttara, Mohammadpur, Mirpur, Tejgaon and Badda.
The two city corporations have been requested to increase anti-mosquito activities in these areas to tackle dengue.
A total of 30,685 people have been affected by dengue since January this year. Among them, 18,885 in Dhaka and 11,800 outside it, the DGHS official said.
Eleven more deaths were reported from dengue DGHS on Saturday, raising the fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 167 this year.
The July death toll alone rose to 120, smashing the previous highest for deaths from dengue in a single month.
The country reported 2,292 new dengue cases in the 24 hours till Sunday morning, the highest number of hospitalisation in a day from the mosquito-borne disease this year.
During the period, nine more deaths were reported from dengue, raising the fatalities from the infection to 176.
Of the new patients, 1,064 were admitted to hospitals in Dhaka and the rest outside it, according to
DGHS.
A total of 7,175 dengue patients, including 4,149 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country.
So far, the DGHS has recorded 32,977 dengue cases and 25,626 recoveries this year.
The country logged 281 dengue deaths in 2022 – the highest on record after 179 deaths recorded in 2019. Also, it recorded 62,423 dengue cases and 61,971 recoveries last year.
