Nine people died of dengue in the past 24 hours, and 1,982 people were admitted to hospitals across the country in the same period.
The information was given in the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) dengue report on Wednesday.
According to the DGHS, this brings the total number of dengue deaths this year to 409. Of them, 164 died in October alone. There were 148 deaths in September, 43 in August, 36 in July, 13 in June, one in May and two each in January and February.
This year’s total hospital admissions now stand at 130,219, and 123,605 people have so far recovered and gone home. In the past 24 hours Dhaka division had the most admissions at 816, followed by Chattogram with 313, Khulna 214, Barishal 194, Rajshahi 217, Mymensingh 84 and Rangpur 116.
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