Another death from dengue in 24 hours till Friday morning raised this year’s fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 162, reports UNB.
According to the latest statement from the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), during the period, 498 patients were hospitalised with the viral fever.
The latest death was reported from Khulna division, taking its death toll to seven.
The death toll remained unchanged at 100 in Dhaka division, at 41 in Chattogram, six in Barishal and at four each in Rajshahi and Mymensingh.
Of the new patients, 325 were admitted to different hospitals in Dhaka and 173 outside it, according to the DGHS.
A total of 3,660 dengue patients, including 2,232 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country.
The directorate has recorded 41,481 dengue cases and 37,659 recoveries so far this year.
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