Bangladesh has recorded 394 dengue-related hospital admissions in the past 24 hours, logging the highest single-day cases of the mosquito-borne disease this year.According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), the latest surge brings the total number of hospitalised dengue patients this year to 8,544.No new deaths were reported in the past day, with the death toll unchanged at 34 this year. On Monday, as many as 392 people were hospitalised.Among the new patients, the majority were from Barishal Division, with 157 admissions, followed by 92 from Dhaka city, 35 from the rest of Dhaka Division, 58 from Chattogram, 44 from Rajshahi, and eight from Khulna.As of Tuesday, 1,080 dengue patients were receiving treatment at hospitals across the country, which is also the highest number of patients in hospitals in a single day this year.Of them, 310 were admitted to medical facilities in Dhaka, while 770 were being treated outside the capital.In 2024, Bangladesh recorded 101,214 dengue hospitalisations and 575 deaths, the third-highest number of cases and the second-highest death toll in a year.The health directorate has been maintaining data on dengue-related hospitalisations and fatalities since 2000.The worst outbreak occurred in 2023, with a record 321,179 hospital admissions and 1,705 deaths.The second-highest number of hospitalisations was reported in 2022, with 101,354 cases. �"bdnews24.com
