The Directorate General of Health Services said that all three who died in the last 24 hours were admitted to various hospitals in Dhaka Division. During this time, 435 people in Dhaka Division, 268 in Chattogram, 231 in Khulna, 75 in Mymensingh, 112 in Rajshahi, 48 in Rangpur, 11 in Sylhet and 182 in Barishal were admitted to hospitals.
According to government figures, a total of 418 people have died after being infected with dengue this year. Of them, 173 died in October alone. With this, the number of patients admitted to hospitals with dengue this year has risen to 133,367.
The Directorate General of Health Services has been keeping records of hospital admissions and deaths of dengue patients since 2000. According to the Directorate's data, the country saw the highest dengue outbreak in 2023. That year, 321,179 people were admitted to hospitals and 1,705 died.
On the other hand, more than four hundred people died of dengue last year. During this time, the number of patients admitted to hospitals after being infected was more than 102,000.
