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Five more people died of dengue in Bangladesh in the 24 hours to Tuesday, while 1,366 patients were admitted to hospitals across the country, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The information was disclosed in a dengue-related press release issued by the DGHS Health Emergency Operations Centre and Control Room on Tuesday, October 20.
Of the newly hospitalised patients, 191 were in Barishal Division, 105 in Chattogram Division, 415 in Dhaka Division outside the city corporations, 110 in Dhaka North City Corporation and 113 in Dhaka South City Corporation.
Another 141 patients were admitted in Khulna Division, 80 in Mymensingh, 128 in Rajshahi, 72 in Rangpur and 11 in Sylhet.
With the latest fatalities, the total number of dengue-related deaths this year has risen to 357. A total of 115,617 patients have been hospitalised with dengue so far this year.
