Bangladesh records year-high 77 dengue deaths in October

Two more people have died in the past 24 hours, with 964 hospitalisations

Two more people have died of dengue fever in Bangladesh while 964 others have been admitted to hospitals in the past 24 hours.

With the latest fatalities, the Aedes mosquito-borne disease has claimed 275 lives this year and the tally of hospital admissions rose to 68,428.

According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) bulletin on Wednesday, the latest deaths occurred in Mugda Medical College Hospital and Kurmitola General Hospital.

In October alone, 77 people died of dengue, marking the highest death toll in 2025, followed by the second-highest monthly toll of 76 fatalities recorded in September.

Earlier, 39 deaths were recorded in August, 41 in July, 19 in June, three each in February and May, seven in April and 10 in January. No deaths were reported in March.

Hospital admissions were recorded as follows: 1,161 in January, 374 in February, 336 in March, 701 in April, 1,773 in May, 5,951 in June and 10,496 in August.

In September, 15,866 patients were hospitalised and from Oct 1 to 29, the figure reached 21,086.

The health directorate has been keeping records of dengue-related hospitalisations and deaths since 2000.

Among those years, 2023 saw the highest number of hospitalisations with 321,179 patients and the highest number of deaths, totalling 1,705.