Dengue: Three die, 1,033 hospitalised in 24 hours

Three people have died of dengue, while 1,033 more patients were hospitalised with the Aedes mosquito-borne disease across the country in the past 24 hours.

The Directorate General of Health Services, or DGHS, said as many as 441 were hospitalised in Dhaka among the new dengue patients until Wednesday morning.

In addition, 194 were hospitalised in the Dhaka Division, 32 in the Mymensingh Division, 131 in the Chattogram Division, 80 in the Khulna Division, 59 in the Rajshahi Division, 7 in Rangpur Division, 3 in the Sylhet Division, and 86 in the Barishal Division.

With the new counts, the number of hospitalised dengue patients has reached 39,822 this year. A total of 196 people died among them.

The DGHS has been keeping records of dengue hospitalisations and deaths since 2000.

Since then, a record 321,179 dengue hospitalisations were logged in 2023. The highest 1,705 people also died of the disease that year.