Six more people have died of dengue in the country in the last 24 hours. During the same period, 1,593 people have been admitted to hospitals due to dengue.
This information was announced in the regular dengue bulletin of the Directorate General of Health Services on Sunday (September 20).
According to the Department of Health, the six new deaths bring the total number of dengue deaths this year to 184. Of these, 43 died in August alone. In addition, 87 people died in the first 20 days of September, 36 in July, 13 in June, one in May, and two each in January and February.
The bulletin said that 1,593 new dengue patients were admitted to various hospitals in the country in the next 24 hours from 8 am on Saturday. With this, the number of patients admitted to hospitals due to dengue this year has reached 61,972.
At the same time, 1,567 people have recovered and been discharged from the hospital. So far, 5,610 people have returned home after recovering from treatment.
In the last 24 hours, the highest number of patients have been admitted to hospitals in Dhaka division – 687. In addition, 167 dengue patients have been admitted to hospitals in Chittagong, 192 in Khulna, 154 in Barisal, 137 in Rajshahi, 82 in Mymensingh and 65 in Rangpur division.