Published : 10 Sep 2026, 12:58 AM
Updated : 16 Sep 2026, 11:49 AM
Bangladesh has reported three more deaths from dengue and 1,463 new patients in the past 24-hour count.
According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), the victims were undergoing treatment at hospitals located in the Dhaka North, Mymensingh, and Rangpur city corporation areas.
Health directorate figures show that 133 people have died this year from the Aedes mosquito-borne disease. Of those fatalities, 36 occurred this month.
Among the new patients, 192 were admitted to hospitals in the Dhaka North City Corporation and 169 in Dhaka South, according to the DGHS bulletin issued on Wednesday.
Outside the two city corporations, 241 patients were admitted to hospitals within the Dhaka Division.
In addition, 165 were hospitalised in Barishal, 169 in Chattogram, 255 in Khulna, 88 in Mymensingh, 174 in Rangpur and 10 in Sylhet.
As many as 46,938 patients are currently undergoing treatment for dengue in hospitals across the country. Of them, 43,553 have been discharged, including 426 patients cleared over the past 24 hours.
The DGHS has been keeping records of dengue hospitalisations and fatalities since 2000.
Since then, a record 321,179 dengue hospitalisations were logged in 2023. That year also saw the most deaths with 1,705.
