One dies, 45 hospitalised with dengue fever in a day

The number of patients in hospital with the mosquito-borne disease this year stands at 573

Another person has died of dengue while 45 new patients have been hospitalised with the Aedes mosquito-borne disease across Bangladesh over the past 24 hours.

The number of patients hospitalised with the disease this year has risen to 573.

The total number of deaths from the illness now stands at 4.

The Directorate General of Health Services, or DGHS, said as many as 26 new patients were hospitalised in the Dhaka metropolitan area until Saturday.

In addition, seven were hospitalised in the Dhaka Division, four in the Chattogram Division, five in the Rajshahi Division, one each in the Barishal, Mymensingh, and Khulna divisions.

As many as 320 patients are currently undergoing treatment for dengue in hospitals across the country. Of them, 172 are hospitalised in the capital and 148 are outside Dhaka.

In 2024, a total of 101,214 patients were hospitalised due to dengue nationwide, with 575 fatalities reported.

This marks the third-highest number of hospitalisations due to dengue in the country’s history, while the death toll ranks as the second-highest.

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.