Published: 12:44 AM, 18 October 2026
Dengue claims seven more lives
There is no respite from dengue as the mosquito-borne disease claimed seven more lives in 24 hours till 8:00am on Saturday, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
A total of 1,872 new patients were admitted to hospitals during the same period, according to a regular bulletin of the DGHS.
According to the DGHS, the latest fatalities have raised this year's dengue death toll to 342.
Of the deaths, 97 were recorded in the first 16 days of October. September saw the highest monthly death toll with 148 fatalities, followed by 43 in August, 36 in July, 13 in June and one in May. Two deaths each were recorded in January and February.
In September, 148 people died from dengue, the highest monthly death toll recorded so far this year.
From January to May, dengue claimed five lives in total, followed by 13 deaths in June, 36 in July, and 43 in August.
Meanwhile, 1,991 dengue patients were discharged from hospitals during the same 24-hour period, taking the total number of recoveries this year to 1,04,199.
The total number of dengue cases reported across the country has now reached 1,10,312.
