Published : 15 Sep 2025, 12:21 AM
Updated : 21 Aug 2026, 01:48 PM
Dengue hospitalisations have soared past the highest daily record set recently, with 685 new patients admitted and three more fatalities taking the tally of deaths to 150 this year.
On Sunday, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said the latest admissions brought the total number of hospitalisations to 37,891 this year.
The previous daily high this year was 625 hospitalisations, logged on Wednesday.
Two of the dead were under treatment at the DNCC Dedicated COVID-19 Hospital, while the other was in Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
They were all female, aged 14, 36, and 38.
Deaths due to the Aedes mosquito-borne disease have varied sharply across months. July saw the highest toll with 41 deaths, followed by 39 in August.
Another 19 patients died in June, 10 in January, seven in April, three each in February and May, while no deaths were reported in March. September has seen 28 fatalities.
Hospitalisations have also spiked seasonally. July alone accounted for 10,684 admissions, the highest monthly figure this year, followed closely by August with 10,496.
Other monthly totals include 1,161 in January, 374 in February, 336 in March, 701 in April, 1,773 in May, and 5,951 in June. As many as 6,415 patients have been admitted this month.
Of the 685 new patients in the past 24 hours, 244 were from the two Dhaka city corporation areas.
Another 122 were from elsewhere in the Dhaka Division, 89 in Chattogram, 123 in Barishal, 39 in Rajshahi, 37 in Khulna, 21 in Mymensingh, six in Rangpur, and four in Sylhet.
At present, 1,715 dengue patients are receiving treatment in hospitals across the country. Of them, 702 are in Dhaka and 1,013 outside the capital.
The health directorate has tracked dengue cases since 2000. The worst outbreak came in 2023, when 321,179 patients were hospitalised and 1,705 died.
