Three more people have died of dengue in the country in the past 24 hours. In the same period 1,960 people were admitted to hospital with dengue.
The figures were given in a dengue press release sent on Thursday by the Directorate General of Health Services’ Health Emergency Operation Centre and Control Room.
The release said that from 8am on Wednesday to 8am on Thursday, 924 people with dengue were admitted in Dhaka division including the two city corporations, 76 in Mymensingh, 261 in Chattogram, 224 in Khulna, 216 in Rajshahi, 63 in Rangpur, 185 in Barishal division and 11 in Sylhet division. In addition, 5,915 people are currently in hospital. So far a total of 151,232 people have been discharged from hospital.
The directorate said the total number of dengue cases since January this year has risen to 157,628, and total deaths to 481. Of this year’s deaths, 2 were in January, 2 in February, one in May, 13 in June, 36 in July, 43 in August, 148 in September and 174 in October. The most, 236, died in Dhaka division this year, followed by Khulna division with 85, Chattogram 47, Mymensingh 39, Barishal 32, Rajshahi 30, Rangpur 8 and Sylhet division 4.
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