Published: 12:40 AM, 03 November 2026
Dengue claims six more lives
There is no respite from dengue as Bangladesh reported deaths of six people due to the mosquito-borne disease in the past 24 hours. In the period, 1,970 more patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country, according to a daily bulletin issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). With the latest fatalities, the death toll has now stood at 433, the DGHS said. Of the deaths, three were reported in Dhaka division, two in Mymensingh division and one in Sylhet division, according to the DGHS.
Of the newly-hospitalized dengue patients, 900 were in Dhaka Division, 95 in Mymensingh Division, 252 in Chattogram Division, 294 in Khulna Division, 153 in Rajshahi Division, 71 in Rangpur Division, 183 in Barishal Division and 22 in Sylhet Division.
According to DGHS data, a total of 1,38,899 people were hospitalised with dengue between 1 January and 2 November. Of them, 1,32,449 have
recovered and been discharged from hospitals.
