Bangladesh logs 468 dengue cases, 6 deaths in a day

The number of cases so far this year stands at 312,359, and the death toll rises to 1,628

Bangladesh has recorded 468 dengue cases in the latest daily count, taking the tally this year to 312,359 amid the worst outbreak of the disease.

The death toll from the mosquito-borne virus increased by six to 1,628 in the 24 hours to Friday morning, the Directorate General of Health Services said.

Dhaka saw four of the new deaths and 138 new patients. The number of new patients outside the capital was 330.

On Friday morning, 3,358 dengue patients were under hospital care across the country, and 2,470 of them were outside Dhaka. The hospitals in the capital were treating 888 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.