Dengue has claimed seven more lives in the past 24 hours, while 567 new patients have been admitted to hospitals across the country, according to a press release issued on Thursday by the Health Emergency Operations Center and Control Room of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
With the latest figures, the total number of deaths from dengue this year has reached 377, and overall infections have risen to 92,784.
The DGHS reported that among the newly admitted patients, 125 were from Dhaka North City Corporation, 86 from Dhaka South City Corporation, 92 from areas in Dhaka division outside the city corporations, 86 from Chattogram, 69 from Barishal, 41 from Khulna (outside the city corporation), 37 from Mymensingh, 25 from Rajshahi, 4 from Sylhet, and 2 from Rangpur.
Since January, the highest number of dengue-related deaths has been recorded in Dhaka South City Corporation at 172, followed by 62 deaths in Dhaka North. Barishal reported 47 deaths, Chattogram 30, Mymensingh 22, Rajshahi 20, Khulna 12, greater Dhaka division 9, and Sylhet 2.
Meanwhile, the total number of dengue patients identified so far this year stands at 92,784, with Barishal division reporting the highest number of infections at 20,452 and Sylhet the lowest at 364.
In the past 24 hours, 588 patients have recovered and been discharged from various hospitals, bringing the total number of recoveries this year to 90,219.
