Eight Die of Dengue and Measles in 24 Hours in Khulna Division, Year Toll Reaches 131

Eight people have died of dengue and measles in the past 24 hours in Khulna Division. According to an October 27 report from the divisional health director's office, six of the dead were dengue patients and two were measles patients.

The report, signed by Dr Sheikh Md Mosharraf Hossain, director of the Khulna Divisional Health Director's office, said 35,255 people had been treated at hospitals across the division with dengue and measles symptoms from the start of this year to October 27.

In the same period, 131 people in the division died of dengue and measles. According to the report, 76 of the dead died of dengue and 55 died with measles symptoms.

In the past 24 hours, 250 new dengue patients were admitted to hospitals in the division and six people died. The number of dengue patients admitted to hospital this year has reached 20,055.

Of the admitted dengue patients, 18,506 have recovered and been discharged. The report said 428 patients were referred elsewhere for advanced treatment.

Khulna district tops the district table for dengue admissions. A total of 7,706 dengue patients have been admitted in the district and 29 have died. Khulna Medical College Hospital has admitted 3,566 patients and recorded 35 deaths, 27 of them from Khulna itself.

In Bagerhat, 2,496 dengue patients have been admitted and six have died. In Jashore, 2,028 patients were admitted and two died; in Chuadanga, 226 were admitted and one died; in Jhenaidah, 644 were admitted and two died.

In addition, 733 dengue patients were admitted in Narail, 467 in Magura, 626 in Kushtia, 471 in Meherpur and 663 in Satkhira district. Satkhira Medical College Hospital admitted 429 patients.

Khulna also led new dengue admissions in the past 24 hours. In that period, 68 patients were admitted in Khulna district, 29 at Khulna Medical College Hospital, 33 in Jashore, 38 in Jhenaidah, 18 in Magura, 17 in Bagerhat, 13 in Satkhira district, three at Satkhira Medical College Hospital, five in Narail, 11 in Kushtia, five in Chuadanga and 10 in Meherpur.

The number of suspected measles patients in the division has risen above 15,000. Measles has been confirmed in 458 of them, and 55 people have so far died with suspected measles.

According to the report, from March 15 this year to 8 a.m. on October 27, Khulna district recorded 2,838 suspected measles patients; measles was confirmed in 56 and 31 people died with suspected measles. Kushtia recorded 3,295 suspected patients, with measles confirmed in 23 and 17 deaths.

Jhenaidah recorded 1,216 suspected measles patients, with measles confirmed in 17 and five deaths. Chuadanga recorded 760 suspected patients, with no confirmed measles and one death; Meherpur recorded 881 suspected patients, with measles confirmed in 10 and one death. Measles was confirmed in 58 of 967 suspected patients in Jashore, 85 of 1,013 in Narail, 74 of 1,128 in Bagerhat and 34 of 548 in Satkhira.

The health department said that, alongside monitoring the situation in the division, treatment for infected and suspected patients is continuing.