The number of hospitalised dengue patients across the country is 40,895 this yearTwo people have died of dengue, while 490 more patients have been hospitalised with the Aedes mosquito-borne disease across the country in the past 24 hours. The Directorate General of Health Services, or DGHS, said as many as 225 were hospitalised in Dhaka among the new dengue patients until Friday morning. With the new counts, the number of hospitalised dengue patients has reached 40, 895 this year. The DGHS has been keeping records of dengue hospitalisations and deaths since 2000. Since then, a record 321,179 dengue hospitalisations were logged in 2023.

Source: bd News24 October 11, 2024 14:23 UTC