Six more people died of dengue in Bangladesh in the 24 hours to Sunday, bringing the death toll this year to 348, while 2,088 new patients were admitted to hospitals across the country.
During the same period, 1,827 patients recovered and were discharged from hospitals, according to the daily dengue bulletin issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on 18 October.
Since 1 January, a total of 112,400 dengue patients have been admitted to hospitals nationwide. Of them, 106,026 have recovered and been discharged, while 6,026 remain hospitalised.
Outside the city corporation areas of Dhaka division, 595 patients were hospitalised in the past 24 hours, the highest among the areas covered by the bulletin.
Dhaka North City Corporation recorded 290 admissions, followed by Dhaka South City Corporation with 232, Khulna division with 231, Chattogram division with 199 and Mymensingh division with 161.
Barishal division reported 93 admissions, Rajshahi and Rangpur divisions 72 each and Sylhet division 15.
Dhaka North City Corporation has recorded the highest number of dengue deaths this year, with 97 fatalities.
Khulna division has recorded 65 deaths, followed by 45 in areas of Dhaka division outside the city corporations, 32 in Chattogram division, 26 each in Mymensingh, Rajshahi and Barishal divisions, 24 in Dhaka South City Corporation, 23 in Rangpur division and six in Sylhet division.
