Bangladesh has reported 1,147 new hospitalisations due to dengue in the past 24 hours with five fatalities. Of the latest deaths, three occurred in Dhaka Division, and one each in Dhaka North City Corporation and Rajshahi. The health directorate reported that the highest number of new hospitalisations was in the Dhaka North City Corporation, where 284 patients were admitted. Other locations recorded the following admissions in the past 24 hours:Dhaka Division: 266Dhaka South City Corporation: 145Chattogram Division: 98Mymensingh Division: 65Rajshahi Division: 70Khulna Division: 59Sylhet Division: 9Rangpur Division: 19October saw 22,520 dengue hospitalisations, the highest in any single month in the past 10 months. The highest annual hospitalisations occurred in 2023, with 321,179 cases, while the highest deaths in a single year were 1,705, also in 2023.
