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Six more people have died of dengue and 2,088 have been hospitalised across Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The DGHS Health Emergency Operation Centre and Control Room disclosed the figures in a press release on Sunday (October 18).
Of the newly hospitalised patients, 595 were admitted to hospitals outside the city corporations in Dhaka Division, while 232 were admitted in Dhaka North City Corporation and 231 in Dhaka South City Corporation.
The figures for other divisions were 290 in Khulna, 200 in Rajshahi, 199 in Barishal, 161 in Chattogram, 99 in Mymensingh, 72 in Rangpur and 15 in Sylhet.
With the latest figures, the total number of dengue cases requiring hospitalisation this year reached 112,400 as of October 18.
A total of 1,827 patients recovered and were discharged from hospitals in the past 24 hours, bringing the number of recoveries this year to 106,026.
The latest deaths have taken the nationwide dengue death toll to 348 so far this year.
In 2025, Bangladesh recorded 102,861 dengue cases and 413 deaths. In 2024, the country reported 101,214 cases and 575 deaths.
The deadliest year on record was 2023, when 321,179 people were hospitalised with dengue and 1,705 died from the disease.
