Dengue claimed five more lives in Bangladesh in the 24 hours till 8am Wednesday, taking the death toll from the mosquito-borne disease to 321 this year.
During the same period, 1,920 patients were admitted to hospitals with dengue, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
With the latest admissions, the total number of dengue patients hospitalised across the country this year has risen to 1,05,316.
Of them, 99,201 patients have been discharged from hospitals after receiving treatment.
The figures were disclosed in the DGHS’s daily dengue report published on Wednesday.
Currently, 5,794 dengue patients are receiving treatment at hospitals nationwide.
Outside the city corporation areas of Dhaka division, the highest number of new admissions was recorded, with 413 patients hospitalised in the past 24 hours.
Chattogram division recorded 256 admissions, followed by Khulna with 254, Dhaka North City Corporation with 241, Barishal division with 215, Dhaka South City Corporation and Mymensingh division with 170 each, Rajshahi division with 114, Rangpur division with 70, and Sylhet division with 17.
According to the DGHS, 43,774 dengue patients were hospitalised in September. During the first 14 days of October, another 25,696 patients were admitted.
The disease claimed 148 lives in September, while 76 people died from dengue in the first two weeks of October, the DGHS data showed.
