Four people died of dengue, the fever spread by Aedes mosquitoes, in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, and 1,851 were admitted to hospital in the same period. That brings this year’s death toll to 352.
The figures come from the Directorate General of Health Services’ dengue report on Monday, 19 October. With the 1,851 new admissions, the number of dengue patients admitted to hospital this year has reached 114,251, of whom 107,865 have been discharged.
According to the report, of those admitted in the past 24 hours, 192 were in Barishal division, 220 in Chattogram division, 363 in Dhaka division outside the city corporations, 148 in Dhaka North City Corporation, 231 in Dhaka South City Corporation, 253 in Khulna division, 92 in Mymensingh division, 233 in Rajshahi division, 93 in Rangpur division and 26 in Sylhet division.
Of the deaths in the past 24 hours, one was in Dhaka North City Corporation, two in Dhaka South City Corporation and one in Mymensingh division outside the city corporation.
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