Disease outbreak situation:
From 30 July to date (12 September 2007), 158 300 cases with 23 deaths from diarrhoea have been recorded from the flood affected areas in Bangladesh. (Case Fatality Rate = 0. 01%). The following 2 tables show the detailed statistics.
From 30 July to date (12 September 2007), 27 373 diarrhoea cases have been admitted from the adjoining flood affected areas of Dhaka to the specialized hospital, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDRB) where 07 patients died (CFR=0.03%). In the last 24 hours, a total of 405 people have been admitted to this hospital. The following table shows the detailed statistics.
According to control room of DGHS, from 30 July to 05 September 2007, apart from diarrhoea, a total of 38 403 cases of ARI with 20 deaths (CFR= 0.05%), 255 cases of snake bite with 76 deaths (CFR= 29.8%) and 742 deaths from drowning have been recorded. Detailed statistics are shown in the following table.