Three people have died of dengue, while 1,186 more patients have been hospitalised with the Aedes mosquito-borne disease throughout Bangladesh in the past 24 hours. The Directorate General of Health Services, or DGHS, said as many as 469 were admitted to hospital in Dhaka among the new dengue patients until Wednesday morning. With the new counts, the number of hospitalised dengue patients has reached 45,950 this year. As many as 3,697 patients are currently undergoing treatment for dengue in hospitals across the country. The DGHS has been keeping records of dengue hospitalisations and deaths since 2000.

Source: bd News24 October 16, 2024 16:01 UTC