Between 2000 and 2018 end, some 50,176 dengue patients were identified around the country, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Breaking all records of the past recorded since 2000, the year when dengue outbreak was documented for the first time, the DGHS has also confirmed, a total 91,866 people were hospitalized throughout the country until on Sunday. According to DGHS, Bangladesh saw the highest number of deaths — 93 — of dengue patients in 2000. Until yesterday, after examining 151 cases, the Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) has confirmed that 93 dengue patients died between January 1 and October 13 this year alone. Over the past 13 days this month, 3,913 patients were diagnosed with dengue.

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 13, 2019 15:56 UTC