Dengue outbreak decreasing in Khulna division

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KHULNA, Oct 15, 2019 (BSS) – A total of 9,073 patients of the division
have returned home after recovery, according to an official release of
Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) in Khulna.

Some 9,869 patients were admitted to the different hospitals in Khulna
division since January this year, the release added. As many as 291 dengue
patients are now undergoing treatment at different hospitals and clinics of
the division, it added.

According to the DGHS, thirty one people died of the mosquito-borne
tropical disease so far in the division.

A total of 15,248 dengue test kits have reserved in the division, it added.

Around 77 new dengue patients got admitted to different hospitals in the
last 24 hours across the division while 505 dengue patients have been
referred to different hospitals in Dhaka city.