Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS)
COVID-19: Bangladesh’s casualties cross 300-mark with 16 more deaths
As coronavirus keeps moving fast, the death toll from the deadly virus in Bangladesh hit 314 with 16 more deaths being reported in the last 24 hours till Saturday.
Coronavirus: Bangladesh cases jump to 18,863; death toll 283
Bangladesh on Thursday recorded another big jump in coronavirus cases within a single day as the health authorities confirmed the detection of 1,041 new patients in the last 24 hours, raising the total cases to 18,863.
One dengue case reported in 24 hrs
One new dengue case was reported in the last 24 hours till 8am on Wednesday, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Besides, two dengue patients are now being treated at a hospital, according to a daily update from DGHS.
Since the beginning of this year, 300 dengue cases were reported and of them 298 patients have been discharged.
Bangladesh experienced a massive dengue outbreak last year when 101,354 people were hospitalised. Of them, 101,037 made full recovery.
According to official figures, the mosquito-borne disease killed 179 people in 2019.
Bangladesh reports 969 new coronavirus cases, 11 deaths
With the detection of 969 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours till Tuesday, the total number of such cases in Bangladesh stood at 16,660, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
No dengue case reported in 24 hrs
No new dengue case was reported in the last 24 hours till 8am on Sunday, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Besides, there is no dengue patient in the country’s hospitals, according to DGHS.
Since the beginning of this year, 298 dengue cases were reported and all of them have been discharged.
Bangladesh experienced a massive dengue outbreak last year when 101,354 people were hospitalised. Of them, 101,037 made full recovery.
According to official figures, the mosquito-borne disease killed 179 people in 2019.
Meanwhile, Mobile courts will be operated after May 10 to make sure that the breeding grounds of Aedes mosquito, responsible for dengue, are destroyed.
Corona cases surging in Bangladesh; 887 new cases, 14 more deaths
Coronavirus cases in Bangladesh surged to 14,657 on Sunday after the health authorities announced the detection of a record number of 887 new patients in the last 24 hours.
“This is the highest number of cases recorded in a single day since March 8...Similar to higher case detection, we saw a higher death toll, too. Fourteen people died in the past 24 hours,” Prof Dr Nasima Sultana, Additional Director General of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), said at its daily online briefing.
“Analysing the statistics we found the recovery rate is 18.10 percent and the death rate is 1.5 percent in country. The total deaths are now 228,” she added.
Bangladesh confirms 706 new coronavirus cases, 13 deaths in a day
Bangladesh continues to report hundreds of new coronavirus cases and an increasing number of deaths over the last few days.
Covid-19: Bangladesh reports 790 new cases; 3 deaths
Bangladesh reported 790 new cases in the last 24 hours until Wednesday, the highest daily rise since the outbreak began in the country.
One new dengue case reported in 24 hrs
One new dengue case was reported in the last 24 hours till 8am on Tuesday, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Coronavirus pandemic likely to peak in mid-May, warn experts
The coronavirus pandemic in Bangladesh is likely to peak in mid-May, taking the infection cases to a much higher level at the end of the month, according to projections made by a panel of eight health experts under the Health Ministry.