Dengue: 4 more die, 1,306 hospitalised

 
Four more people have died of dengue while 1,306 new patients have been hospitalised with the Aedes mosquito-borne disease across Bangladesh in 24 hours.

With the new counts, the number of hospitalised dengue patients has reached 64,471 this year. A total of 314 people died among them. The Directorate General of Health Services, or DGHS, said as many as 440 were hospitalised in Dhaka among the new dengue patients until Sunday morning.

In addition, 237 were hospitalised in the Dhaka Division, 31 in the Mymensingh Division, 214 in the Chattogram Division, 154 in the Khulna Division, 57 in the Rajshahi Division, 46 in the Rangpur Division, 118 in the Barishal Division, and nine in the Sylhet Division.

As many as 4,112 patients are currently undergoing treatment for dengue in hospitals across the country. They include 1,916 in the capital and 2,196 outside Dhaka.

The DGHS has been keeping records of dengue hospitalisations and deaths since 2000.

Since then, a record 321,179 dengue hospitalisations were logged in 2023. The highest 1,705 people also died of the disease that year.