As of Wednesday, as many as 649 patients, including 537 from Dhaka city, are receiving treatment for the disease in hospitals. Of the 25,054 dengue patients taken into hospital care this year, 24,320 have returned home after recovering from the illness. August and September saw a rapid increase in dengue cases. The dengue virus carried by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes put about 100,000 people in hospitals in 2019, setting a record. The threat of dengue declined last year amid the coronavirus pandemic, when only 1,405 people were down with the disease as per hospital records.

Source: bd News24 November 10, 2021 16:37 UTC