Bangladesh has registered 1,984 new hospitalisations due to dengue in a day, taking the tally this year to 89,875. The death toll from the mosquito-borne disease rose by 10 to 426 in a 24-hour count on Tuesday. Of the patients newly hospitalised with the disease, 731 cases were in Dhaka, while 1,253 were outside the capital. As of Tuesday morning, 9,117 patients are hospitalised with dengue. The dengue outbreak has been worse in 2023 than in previous years.

Source: bd News24 August 15, 2023 19:41 UTC