Dengue in Bangladesh: The number of dengue patients will be higher this year than last year and most of the cases will be from outside Dhaka, said experts.
Bangladesh reports over 900 deaths, 180,000 hospitalizations due to dengue fever this year Health specialists suggest improving facilities in towns to ease pressure on Dhaka based healthcare service Virologists fear dengue situation will see little improvement as monsoon rains continue.
As many as 89 dengue patients died last week alone. Meanwhile, at least 20,155 dengue cases were reported during this time. Of this, 14,436 patients are from outside Dhaka, while the rest 5,719 patients are from the capital.