Five more people died of dengue in Bangladesh in the 24 hours to Monday, while 2,260 patients were admitted to hospital with the disease over the same period.
The figures come from the Directorate General of Health Services’ daily dengue bulletin, released on Monday.
Of the new admissions, 1,077 were in Dhaka division, 111 in Mymensingh, 265 in Chattogram, 277 in Khulna, 188 in Rajshahi, 83 in Rangpur, 243 in Barishal and 16 in Sylhet, the bulletin said.
Since the start of the year, 152,173 people have been admitted to hospital with dengue across the country. Of them, 145,593 have been discharged, and 6,114 are currently in hospital.
A total of 466 people have died of dengue so far this year.
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