Desk Report
Published: 22 Jul 2021, 07:49 pm
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More
than thousand dengue patients have been identified so far in the 22 days of July,
according to the health department.
The
Health Emergency Operations Center and Control Room of the Directorate General
of Health Services (DGHS) reported the information on Thursday (July 22).
According
to the control room, as of 8 am on July 22, 1,013 dengue patients have been
identified this month. And in the last 24 hours (from 6 am on July 21 to 6 am
on July 22), 25 dengue patients have been identified. And they are all patients
of Dhaka.
Meanwhile,
412 people have been admitted to various hospitals across the country due to
dengue. Of them, 409 are admitted in 41 government and private hospitals in the
capital Dhaka, while the rest are in hospitals in other parts of the country.
A total
of 1,385 dengue patients have been admitted to hospitals in the country from
January this year to this morning, and 970 have returned home with treatment.
According
to the control room, 32 people were infected with dengue in January this year, 9
in February, 13 in March, three in April, 43 in May, 272 in June and 1,013 in
July.
A total
of 362 people have been identified from January to June this year and only
1,013 people have been identified in one month till July 22 alone. Which is
more than three times the total number of patients from January to June.
The
DGHS has said more than once that the number of dengue patients
is increasing. Professor Robed Amin, a spokesman for the department, said the
number of dengue patients was 71 in June. The number of infected patients in
Dhaka is relatively high. But the number of patients outside Dhaka is also
gradually increasing. At present the number of patients outside Dhaka is 32.
About 812 patients have been infected with dengue since January. Everyone
should be aware of dengue prevention. Must use mosquito nets. The unmoving
water should be cleaned.
He said
the number of patients in the South City Corporation area of Dhaka is much
higher and the number of dengue patients is higher in private hospitals besides
government.
Professor
Robed Amin said, thinking about the whole of Dhaka, many have already been
admitted to the hospital. Some people's physical condition has been like going
to ICU. That's why we need to figure out how to prevent it. Dengue patients are
much more likely to get worse if they are infected with the coronavirus.