The number of cases so far this year stands at 249,543, and the death toll rises to 1,214
Published : 19 Oct 2023, 07:20 PM
Bangladesh has recorded 2,350 dengue cases in the latest daily count, taking the tally this year to 249,543 amid the worst outbreak of the disease.
The death toll from the mosquito-borne virus increased by eight to 1,214 in the 24 hours to Thursday morning, the Directorate General of Health Services said.
Dhaka saw seven of the new deaths and 515 new patients. The number of new patients outside the capital was 1,835.
On Thursday morning, 8,232 dengue patients were under hospital care across the country, and 5,760 of them were outside Dhaka. The hospitals in the capital were treating 2,472 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.