On Saturday, the health directorate announced the greatest number of dengue deaths in the nation—21—bringing the total for this year to 618.
Currently, Bangladesh is second in the world for dengue-related infections after Brazil, which this year reported 1,187,708 cases and 912 fatalities.
The South American country’s death rate is higher than Bangladesh’s.
A total of 2,352 new dengue cases were hospitalized nationwide in the previous 24 hours up until 8:00 am on Saturday, according to the Directorate General of Health Services’ (DGHS) emergency operations center and control room.
The most recent admissions brought the overall number of dengue patients in hospitals to 127,694. The death rate was estimated by the DGHS to be 0.5%, the highest in the world.
The World Health Organization (WHO) and European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) report that the dengue outbreak in some South American nations continues to be at a concerning level.
Brazil has been particularly badly impacted by the dengue epidemic; there were 912 fatalities and 1,187,708 cases of the virus-transmitted sickness this year. The fatality rate in this area is 0.7%.
With 153,547 cases and 399 fatalities, Peru ranks second in terms of dengue death rates after Bangladesh. A 0.3% fatality rate from dengue was noted. With death rates of 0.5% and 0.3%, respectively, the sickness also claimed victims in Argentina and Bolivia.
Malaysia is dealing with the most dengue cases among the Asian countries. The country reported 75,928 dengue infections this year, although there were only 54 deaths, according to figures from the health ministry.
Moreover, although having low mortality rates, dengue infections have been prevalent in Thailand, Vietnam, and India. India, our neighbor, has a death rate of under 0.1%.
As of the end of August, according to figures from around the world, Bangladesh had the highest death rate from dengue. In this area, one dengue patient every 200 hospital admissions loses the fight for life. The death rate increases to two for every 100 hospitalizations in prestigious facilities like Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
