Published: 12:15 AM, 28 October 2026
Dengue death toll reaches 400
The rising dengue patients overwhelm hospitals in the country. The photo was taken from Mugda General Hospital in the capital. -Md Mostafijur Rahman
The dengue situation in Bangladesh has taken a worrying turn as the mosquito-borne disease claimed 11 more lives in the past 24 hours taking the death toll this year to 400.
Another 2,071 patients were admitted to hospitals during the period, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
According to the daily bulletin issued by the DGHS on Tuesday, 899 of the newly hospitalised patients were from Dhaka division, the highest among the country's eight divisions.
Khulna recorded 250 admissions, followed by Chittagong with 241, Rajshahi with 229, Barisal with 217, Rangpur with 112, Mymensingh with 97 and Sylhet with 26.
Of the deaths, six were reported in Khulna division, three in Dhaka division and one each in Chattogram and Rajshahi divisions, it said.
Currently, 6,415 patients are undergoing treatment at different hospitals in Dhaka and outside Dhaka.
Since January 1, a total of 128,237 dengue patients have been admitted to hospitals across the country. Of them, 121,422 have recovered.
The directorate has recorded dengue hospitalisations and deaths since 2000.
The worst year was 2023, when 321,179 patients were admitted and 1,705 people died from the disease.
Last year, dengue killed more than 400 people, while over 102,000 patients were diagnosed with the disease.
