Published : 20 Nov 2025, 11:28 PM
Updated : 21 Aug 2026, 02:46 PM
Four more people have died of dengue fever in Bangladesh, while 745 new patients have been admitted to hospitals with the disease in the past 24 hours.
The total number of hospitalisations from the Aedes mosquito-borne illness this year has reached 88,457, with 18,595 patients admitted in November alone.
According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) bulletin on Thursday, of the four dengue patients who died in the past 24 hours, two were admitted to hospitals in Dhaka South City Corporation, and one each in Chattogram and Mymensingh divisions.
In the first 20 days of November, dengue has claimed 75 lives. Until now, 353 people have died from the fever this year.
October saw the 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.
