Bangladesh has registered a record 2,242 new hospitalisations due to dengue in a day, taking the tally this year to 30,685. The death toll from the mosquito-borne disease rose by 11 to 167 in a 24-hour count on Saturday. Of the patients newly hospitalised with the disease, 1,239 cases were in Dhaka, while 1,003 were outside the capital. Currently, 6,656 patients are hospitalised with dengue. The dengue outbreak has been worse in 2023 than in previous years.

Source: bd News24 July 22, 2023 16:10 UTC