Bangladesh records highest monthly dengue fatalities in November this year

The nation has recorded five deaths, 636 hospitalisations in a day due to the disease

A dengue patient is provided treatment in a bed with a mosquito net at Dhaka’s Mugda Medical College Hospital. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Bangladesh has reported five more deaths due to dengue fever, while 636 new patients have been admitted to hospitals with the disease in the past 24 hours.

In November, dengue claimed 99 lives, the highest monthly death toll in 2025. Until now, 382 people have died from the illness this year.

The total number of hospitalisations from the Aedes mosquito-borne disease this year has reached 94,402, with 24,530 patients admitted in November alone.

According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) bulletin on Sunday, of the five deaths, three occurred in Dhaka South City Corporation, and one each in Chattogram and Khulna divisions.

October saw the second-highest monthly death toll, with 80 fatalities. Previously, 76 people died in September.

July logged 10,684 hospitalisations and 41 deaths, followed by August with 10,496 cases and 39 deaths.

No dengue deaths were reported in March. In contrast, 10 people died in January, three in February, seven in April, three in May, and 19 in June.

Monthly figures this year also include 1,161 admissions in January, 374 in February, 336 in March, 701 in April, 1,773 in May, and 5,951 in June, 15,866 in September and 22,520 in October.