6 die of dengue in Dhaka, highest single-day toll this year

The number of hospitalised patients stands at 21,079 so far this year

Six people have died of dengue in Dhaka, marking the highest number of single-day deaths from the disease recorded this year.

As many as 865 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 514 were hospitalised in Dhaka among the new dengue patients until Wednesday morning.

In addition, 145 were hospitalised in the Chattogram Division, 94 in the Khulna Division, 46 in the Barishal Division, 28 in the Rangpur Division, 20 in the Rajshahi Division, and 18 in the Mymensingh Division.

With the new counts, the number of hospitalised dengue patients has reached 21,079 this year. A total of 119 people died among them.

Until Wednesday morning, a total of 2,460 patients have been receiving treatment at hospitals in Bangladesh, including 1,442 in the capital and 1,018 outside Dhaka.

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.