In Dhaka, 220 patients were hospitalised in the 24 hours to 8am on Monday. On Monday morning, 1,233 dengue patients were undergoing treatment at hospitals. In August, 7,698 dengue patients were hospitalised and 34 died from the disease after the first cases of the year were reported in July. So far this year, 12,091 dengue patients have been hospitalised and 10,806 of them have returned home after recovery. The Denv-3 variant of the dengue virus is dominant in Bangladesh now and contracting the strain after a previous infection could be fatal, researchers have warned.

Source: bd News24 September 06, 2021 16:52 UTC