Published: 12:00 AM, 14 October 2026
Dengue claims nine more lives
PM calls for awareness
The scourge of dengue outbreak is going on in Bangladesh as nine more lives were lost due to the mosquito-borne disease in 24 hours till 8:00am on Tuesday, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
With the latest fatalities, the death toll has now stood at 316, while the total number of reported cases has reached 103,396, said a press release issued on Tuesday (13 October) by the DGHS Health Emergency Operation Centre and Control Room.
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has directed the authorities concerned to conduct public awareness campaigns using loudspeakers in neighbourhoods to prevent dengue.
He also instructed the authorities concerned to disseminate dengue prevention messages in sermons delivered during Jummah prayers.
He issued the directives at a meeting on dengue prevention and control at the Prime Minister's Office in the Cabinet Division of the Secretariat on Tuesday. Of the nine deaths, three were reported in Dhaka South City Corporation, two each in Dhaka North City Corporation and Khulna division, and one each in Chattogram and Mymensingh divisions.
A total of 1,954 new patients were admitted to hospitals during the 24-hour period, while 1,965 patients were discharged after recovery. The total number of recoveries this year has reached 97,296.
September recorded the highest monthly dengue death toll so far this year, with 148 fatalities. Dengue claimed five lives from January to May, followed by 13 deaths in June, 36 in July and 43 in August.
