Published : 30 Jul 2026, 12:37 AM
Updated : 08 Sep 2026, 09:28 AM
Bangladesh has recorded three more deaths from dengue in a 24-hour count while 534 patients were hospitalised.
The death toll from the Aedes mosquito-borne disease has reached 50 this year, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), with 32 deaths recorded in July alone.
The health directorate bulletin issued on Wednesday said one death each was recorded in Dhaka, Mymensingh and Barishal divisions in the 24 hours from 8am on Tuesday.
Of them, 65 were admitted to hospitals in Dhaka North City Corporation and 56 in Dhaka South.
Another 131 were admitted to hospitals in divisions outside Dhaka's two city corporations.
Among other divisions, 68 people were hospitalised in Barishal, 71 in Chattogram, 45 in Khulna, 37 in Mymensingh, 30 in Rajshahi, 26 in Rangpur and five in Sylhet.
The bulletin did not provide information on hospital discharges in the past 24 hours.
According to DGHS data, 14,690 people have been hospitalised with dengue since Jan 1 this year.
Of them, 13,009 have recovered and been discharged as of Tuesday.
The DGHS has been keeping records of dengue hospitalisations and deaths since 2000.
The highest number of hospitalisations, 321,179, was recorded in 2023, which also saw the highest death toll of 1,705.
Last year, more than 400 people died of dengue, with around 102,000 cases detected.
