Hospitals in Bangladesh have admitted 2,288 new dengue patients in a day, taking the tally this year to 94,312. With the new fatalities, the death toll from the disease since January increased to 444. On Thursday morning, 8,661 dengue patients were in hospital care around the country, and 4,857 of them were outside Dhaka, reports bdnews24.com. Last year, hospitals reported 62,382 patients taking medical care, and the death toll stood at 281, the previous highest since record-keeping began for dengue hospitalisations in the 1960s. The official death toll that year was recorded at 179.

Source: bd News24 August 18, 2023 00:19 UTC