Dengue infection rising as 34 new cases reported
Staff Correspondent
Dengue infection has started increasing as 34 more patients were hospitalised in the country during the last 24 hours till Monday morning.
However, no death was reported during this time. As a result, the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease stayed at 23 this year.
With the new cases, the number affected people from the disease rose to 1,865 this year, said the latest data from the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Among the new cases, eight were reported in the capital and 26 others were outside it.
A total of 78 patients were undergoing treatment at the different hospitals throughout the country, the DGHS data said.
The country witnessed the record highest 1,705 dengue deaths in the last year (2023) while 2022 reported 281 fatalities.
Additionally, a total of 3,21,179 patients were admitted at different hospitals across the country with the viral fever and 3,18,749 were released from there last year.
