Eleven more people died of dengue in Bangladesh in the 24 hours to 8am on Tuesday, the highest number of deaths in a single day this year. The previous single-day high was 10 deaths. In the same period, 2,071 people were admitted to hospital with dengue.
The figures came in a dengue press release on Tuesday from the Health Emergency Operation Centre and Control Room of the Directorate General of Health Services.
According to the release, between 8am on Monday and 8am on Tuesday, 899 dengue patients were admitted in Dhaka division, including the two city corporations, 217 in Barishal division, 241 in Chattogram, 250 in Khulna, 97 in Mymensingh, 229 in Rajshahi, 112 in Rangpur and 26 in Sylhet. A total of 6,415 patients are currently in hospital with the disease.
The directorate said the number of dengue cases since January has risen to 128,237, and 400 people have died of the disease this year. Of those deaths, 2 were in January, 2 in February, 1 in May, 13 in June, 36 in July, 43 in August and 148 in September. So far, 121,422 patients have been discharged from hospital.
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