Bangladesh records 18 new dengue cases, no deaths in a day

The death toll in 2024 remains at 11 as the case tally rises to 803

Hospitals in Bangladesh have recorded 18 new cases of dengue fever in a day, taking the tally of infections this year to 803 after the worst outbreak in the country’s history in 2023.

The death toll remained unchanged with no fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in the 24-hour count to Friday morning, according to the Directorate General of Health Services.

In 2023, Bangladesh recorded 321,179 hospitalisations and 1,705 deaths from the viral disease.

In the latest daily count, hospitals in Dhaka admitted five more patients, while the other districts recorded 13 new cases.

Of the 152 dengue patients undergoing treatment in hospitals across the country in the morning, 56 were in Dhaka and 96 outside the capital.

Experts attribute the outbreak to 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.