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 the disease.
The figures were given in a press release on dengue sent on Thursday by the Health Emergency Operation Centre and Control Room of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The release said that from 8am on Wednesday to 8am on Thursday, 924 people were admitted with dengue 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. A further 5,915 people are currently in hospital with the disease, and a total of 151,232 have been discharged so far.
The DGHS said the total number of dengue cases since January this year has risen to 157,628, and 481 people have died. 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 deaths this year, 236, have been in Dhaka division, followed by 85 in Khulna division, 47 in Chattogram, 39 in Mymensingh, 32 in Barishal, 30 in Rajshahi, 8 in Rangpur and 4 in Sylhet division.
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