Five more people died of dengue across Bangladesh in the 24 hours from 8am Sunday to 8am Monday, taking the country’s dengue death toll this year to 389.
The figures came in a press release on dengue sent on Monday by the Health Emergency Operation Centre and Control Room of the Directorate General of Health Services.
According to the directorate, 2,218 dengue patients were admitted to hospitals in the past 24 hours: 232 in Barishal division, 240 in Chattogram division, 942 in Dhaka division, 284 in Khulna division, 121 in Mymensingh division, 246 in Rajshahi division, 113 in Rangpur division and 40 in Sylhet division.
That brings the number of dengue patients admitted to hospital this year to 126,166. Of them, 119,393 have been discharged.
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