Bangladesh reports five deaths, 792 hospitalisations from dengue in a day

All those who died had been hospitalised in the DNCC area

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Five more people have died of dengue fever in Bangladesh and 792 patients have been hospitalised with the disease in the past 24 hours.

The yearly tally of hospitalisations from the Aedes mosquito-borne disease has risen to 83,858, with 13,996 of them admitted in November alone.

According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) bulletin on Saturday, all five of the dengue patients who died in the past 24 hours were admitted to hospitals in the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) area.

In the first 15 days of November, dengue has claimed 53 lives and infected 13,996 people.

Until now, 331 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.