Dengue: six more deaths, 2,088 hospitalised in 24 hours

Dengue has now killed 348 people in Bangladesh this year, with more than 112,000 admitted to hospital.

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Six more people died of dengue in the 24 hours to Sunday, and 2,088 patients with the disease were admitted to hospitals across the country over the same period.

The figures were given in a dengue press release issued on Sunday by the Health Emergency Operation Centre and Control Room of the Directorate General of Health Services.

Of the patients admitted in the past 24 hours, 199 were in Barishal division, 161 in Chattogram division, 595 in Dhaka division outside the city corporations, 232 in Dhaka North City Corporation, 231 in Dhaka South City Corporation, 290 in Khulna division, 93 in Mymensingh division, 200 in Rajshahi division, 72 in Rangpur division and 15 in Sylhet division, the release said.

With the new deaths, dengue has killed 348 people so far this year. Over the same period, 112,400 people have been admitted to hospital with the disease.

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