Another dengue patient died in 24 hours till Saturday morning that took this year’s death toll from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 56, reports UNB.
Besides, 635 patients were hospitalized with viral fever as cases keep rising, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The latest death was reported from Barishal division which made it total total 5 people died in dengue in the division.
The dengue death toll in Dhaka division remained unchanged at 27 and in Chattogram division at 24.
Of the new patients, 518 were admitted to different hospitals in Dhaka and 117 outside it, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
A total of 2,158 dengue patients, including 1,658 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country.
On June 21, the DGHS reported the first death of the season from the viral disease.
So far, the directorate has recorded 16,727 dengue cases while 14,513 got recovered this year.
Bd-pratidin English/Lutful Hoque
