Dengue: Death toll rises to 30 with 4 more die

The death toll from Dengue has reached 30 with the death of four more patient in the past 24 hours.

Dhaka, Aug 18 :  The death toll from Dengue has reached 30 with the death of four more patient in the past 24 hours, said a report of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on Wednesday.

A total of 273 new patients were admitted to different hospitals during the period, it said.

Among the new patients, 273 were admitted to government and private hospitals in Dhaka while the remaining 33 cases were reported from outside the division, according to DGHS.

The country has been seeing over 200 dengue patients per day for the last 17 days since August 1.

The dengue outbreak has become a cause of major concern as the country is battling the deadlier Delta variant of coronavirus with its limited health care facilities for the last few months.

Some 1,193 patients diagnosed with dengue fever are receiving treatment in the country as of Wednesday morning, according to DGHS.

Most of the cases have been reported in the capital so far, said the health authorities.

Of them, 1110 patients are receiving treatment at different hospitals in the capital while the rest were listed outside Dhaka.

Some 6,956 patients have been admitted to different hospitals with dengue since January, and 5,733 of them have been released after they recovered from the disease, reports UNB.