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Five more people have died from dengue in the past 24 hours, pushing the death toll from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh above 100 this year.
According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), 1,324 new dengue patients were admitted to hospitals across the country during the same period.
Of the latest fatalities, two were reported in the Dhaka South City Corporation area, while one each died in the Dhaka North City Corporation area, Chattogram Division and Mymensingh Division.
Since January 1, a total of 37,170 dengue patients have been hospitalised, with 102 deaths reported so far this year.
Dhaka South City Corporation recorded the highest number of deaths at 36, followed by Khulna Division with 18, Dhaka North City Corporation with 13, Mymensingh Division with 10, Barishal with nine, Chattogram with seven, Rajshahi with four, other areas of Dhaka Division outside the two city corporations with three, and one each in Rangpur and Sylhet.
Over the past 24 hours, 141 dengue patients were admitted to hospitals in the Dhaka North City Corporation area and 138 in the Dhaka South City Corporation area. Another 298 patients were hospitalised in other areas of Dhaka district outside the two city corporations.
The figures also included 121 admissions in Barishal Division, 139 in Chattogram, 246 in Khulna, 87 in Mymensingh, 114 in Rajshahi, 34 in Rangpur and five in Sylhet.
August saw the highest monthly number of dengue hospitalisations this year, with 20,536 patients receiving treatment. The month also recorded the highest number of deaths, with 43 fatalities.
The DGHS has been maintaining records of dengue hospitalisations and deaths since 2000. The highest number of hospitalisations was recorded in 2023, when 321,179 people were admitted with dengue. That year also saw the highest number of deaths, with 1,705 fatalities.
Last year, more than 400 people died from dengue, while around 102,000 cases were reported.
