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Published : 06 Sep 2025, 06:05 PM
Bangladesh has recorded two more deaths from dengue fever in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of fatalities this year to 132.
A total of 364 new patients have also been admitted to hospitals with the Aedes mosquito-borne disease during the period, raising the tally of hospitalisations this year to 33,831.
According to the bulletin issued by the Directorate General of Health Services on Saturday, both of the patients who died were receiving treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
One of the patients was male and the other female. One was aged 42, the other 52.
The highest number of dengue deaths in a single month this year was 41, recorded in July, followed by 39 in August.
The DGHS has reported 10 deaths this month so far.
In addition, 19 people died in June, 10 in January, three in February, seven in April, and three in May. No dengue patients died in March.
July saw the highest number of dengue hospitalisations this year, with 10,684 admissions. This was followed by August, with 10,496.
Another 2,355 patients were admitted this month.
Moreover, 1,161 patients were hospitalised in January, 374 in February, 336 in March, 701 in April, and 1,773 in May.
Of the new patients admitted in the past 24 hours, 131 were from the two Dhaka city corporations.
Additionally, 50 patients were admitted in the rest of Dhaka Division, 20 in Mymensingh, 76 in Chattogram, 49 in Barishal, and 38 in Khulna. No new hospitalisations were reported in Rajshahi, Rangpur, or Sylhet.
Currently, 1,546 patients are undergoing treatment in different hospitals nationwide with dengue.
Of them, 511 are admitted to hospitals in Dhaka, and 1,035 are outside the capital.
Bangladesh saw 101,211 hospitalisations from dengue in 2024, with 575 deaths, which is the third-highest annual caseload and the second-highest death toll on record.
