"During the period, 579 dengue patients were hospitalised in Dhaka city while 1,846 were admitted to different hospitals outside the capital city," the DGHS daily statement added. With the new cases, the total number of patients rose to 2,31,204, the statement said, adding: "This year, some 2,21,435 patients were released from different hospitals out of the total patients." According to the health experts, the vector-borne disease hit Dhaka city in 2000 subsequently the dengue positive cases were detected in Dhaka city only. But the dengue disease is changing its nature and it is gradually spreading across the country, they said, adding: "All 64 districts of the country have witnessed positive dengue cases." According to the DGHS, Bangladesh reported 1,01,354 dengue cases, the second highest since dengue cases were detected in 2000, in 2019, 1,405 cases in 2020, 28,429 cases in 2021 and 62,382 cases in 2022.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha October 11, 2023 13:31 UTC