Dengue hospitalisations surpass 100,000 in Bangladesh

The country reports three more deaths from the mosquito-borne disease in a day

The dengue hospitalisations in Bangladesh has surpassed 100,000 this year, with 141 new cases and three more deaths in a day over the past 24 hours.

The number of patients in hospital with the disease across the country has risen to 100,029.

The total number of fatalities from the illness now stands at 561.

The Directorate General of Health Services, or DGHS, said as many as 70 new patients were hospitalised in the Dhaka metropolitan area until Saturday.

In addition, 22 were hospitalised in the Dhaka Division, five in the Mymensingh Division, 12 in the Chattogram Division, 11 in the Khulna Division, eight in the Rajshahi Division, and 13 in the Barishal Division.

As many as 1,199 patients are currently undergoing treatment for dengue in hospitals across the country. Of them, 453 are hospitalised in the capital and 746 are outside Dhaka.

The DGHS has been keeping records of dengue hospitalisations and fatalities since 2000.

Since then, a record 321,179 dengue hospitalisations were logged in 2023. That year also saw the most deaths with 1,705.