Bangladesh
Dengue Dengue: 26 patients admitted to hospital in a day
Dhaka, Novemmber 30: In the last 24 hours till Sunday, 26 more patients have been admitted to the hospital with dengue fever. Among them, 21 were admitted to hospitals in the capital and 5 to divisional hospitals. With this, the total number of dengue patients admitted to the hospital has increased to 86. Of these, 68 are admitted in the capital Dhaka and 18 in other divisions.
The information was given in a press release signed by Dr. Mohammad Kamrul Kibria, Assistant Director, Health Emergency Operations Center and Control Room and Health Information Unit (MIS) of the Health Department.
In the last 24 hours, out of the total 29 people admitted, 5 were admitted in government and autonomous (one in Dhaka Children's Hospital, 4 in the Combined Military Hospital), 11 in private hospitals and clinics and five in Khulna Division.
A total of 1,155 dengue patients were admitted to the hospital from January to November 29 this year. Of these, 1,062 dengue patients have returned home after receiving treatment.
Monthly statistics from January 1 to date this year show that 199 people were infected in January, 45 in February, 27 in March, 25 in April, 10 in May, 20 in June, 23 in July, 68 in August, 47 in September, 163 in October and 528 in November have been admitted to hospital.
Of the total dengue patients, 3 have been confirmed dead. One died in August and two in October.
