Eight die, 1,017 more hospitalised with dengue fever in Bangladesh

The number of hospitalised dengue patients across the country is 33,099 this year

A total of eight people have died of dengue, while 1,017 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 391 were hospitalised in Dhaka among the new dengue patients until Wednesday morning.

In addition, 216 were hospitalised in the Dhaka Division, 24 in the Mymensingh Division, 150 in the Chattogram Division, 92 in the Khulna Division, 33 in the Rajshahi Division, 31 in Rangpur Division, 4 in the Sylhet Division, and 76 in the Barishal Division.

With the new counts, the number of hospitalised dengue patients has reached 33,099 this year. A total of 174 people died among them.

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. The highest 1,705 people also died of the disease that year.