Health authorities said 213 new dengue patients were admitted to different hospitals in 24 hours till Wednesday morning amid a spike in the mosquito-borne disease that spreads mainly during monsoon.
Some 907 patients diagnosed with dengue were receiving treatment in the country as of Wednesday morning, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Most cases have been reported in the capital.
Of them, 841 patients were receiving treatment at different hospitals in the capital while the rest were listed outside Dhaka.
Among the new patients,188 were admitted to the government and private hospitals across Dhaka.
Some 22 suspected dengue deaths were reported to the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) but they are yet to be confirmed, said DGHS.
Some 5,192 patients have been admitted to different hospitals with dengue since January – 4,263 of them have been released after recovery.
Dengue fever was first reported in Bangladesh in 2000, claiming 93 lives that year.
In the years that followed, the country learned to deal with the disease much better, but it did become endemic.
Fatalities almost fell to zero at one stage, before spiking again in 2018, leading to the horrific crisis the following year.
