Seven more people died of dengue in Bangladesh in the 24 hours to Saturday morning, while 1,872 new patients were admitted to hospitals across the country, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The latest deaths raised the country’s dengue death toll to 342 this year, while total hospital admissions reached 1,10,312, according to a report issued on 17 October by the Health Emergency Operations Centre and Control Room of the DGHS.
Of the patients hospitalised in the past 24 hours, 1,066 were men and 806 were women. Among the seven people who died, four were women and three were men.
Between 1 January and 17 October, a total of 1,10,312 dengue patients were admitted to hospitals, including 68,358 men and 41,709 women.
During the same period, 1,04,199 patients recovered and were discharged from hospitals, while 5,771 remained under treatment.
DGHS data showed that 43,774 dengue patients were hospitalised in September, while another 30,692 were admitted during the first 17 days of October.
Deaths also remained high, with 148 fatalities recorded in September and 97 in the first 17 days of October.
In the past 24 hours, 323 patients were admitted to hospitals in Dhaka North City Corporation areas and 233 in Dhaka South City Corporation areas.
Another 260 patients were hospitalised in areas of Dhaka division outside the city corporations.
Elsewhere, 199 patients were admitted in Chattogram division, 176 in Khulna, 67 in Mymensingh, 59 each in Rajshahi and Barishal, 13 in Rangpur and six in Sylhet.
Dhaka South City Corporation recorded the highest number of dengue deaths this year, with 95 fatalities, followed by Khulna division with 65 and Dhaka North City Corporation with 43.
Another 32 deaths were reported from areas of Dhaka division outside the city corporations, 26 each from Chattogram and Mymensingh divisions, 23 each from Rajshahi, Rangpur and Barishal divisions and three from Sylhet division.
