Bangladesh logs 1,162 dengue cases, 8 deaths in a day

The number of cases so far this year stands at 304,698, and the death toll rises to 1,570

Bangladesh has recorded 1,162 dengue cases in the latest daily count, taking the tally this year to 304,698 amid the worst outbreak of the disease.

The death toll from the mosquito-borne virus increased by eight to 1,570 in the 24 hours to Wednesday morning, the Directorate General of Health Services said.

Dhaka saw four of the new deaths and 229 new patients. The number of new patients outside the capital was 933.

On Saturday morning, 4,178 dengue patients were under hospital care across the country, and 3,069 of them were outside Dhaka. The hospitals in the capital were treating 1,109 patients.

Experts have blamed a prolonged monsoon and rising temperature, along with a lack of effective measures to kill the Aedes aegypti mosquito, the known carrier of the virus, for the outbreak.