Six more people have died of dengue in the country in the past 24 hours. In the same period, 1,866 people were admitted to hospital with dengue.
The information came in a press release on dengue and measles from the Health Emergency Operation Centre and Control Room of the Directorate General of Health Services on Wednesday.
The release said that from 8am on Tuesday to 8am on Wednesday, 868 dengue patients were admitted in Dhaka division including the two city corporations, 66 in Mymensingh, 256 in Chattogram, 215 in Khulna, 171 in Rajshahi, 71 in Rangpur, 206 in Barishal division and 13 in Sylhet. A total of 5,936 people are currently in hospital, and 136,394 have been discharged so far.
The directorate said the total number of dengue cases since January this year has risen to 142,775, and 445 people have died.
Of this year’s deaths, 2 were in January, 2 in February, 1 in May, 13 in June, 36 in July, 43 in August and 148 in September. The most deaths, 212, have been in Dhaka division, followed by 82 in Khulna division, 43 in Chattogram, 37 in Mymensingh, 30 in Barishal, 29 in Rajshahi, 8 in Rangpur and 4 in Sylhet division.
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