Nine more people have died from dengue in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, bringing the death toll from the mosquito-borne disease to 316 this year.
According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), 1,954 new dengue patients were admitted to hospitals across the country during the 24-hour period from 8am Monday to 8am Tuesday.
The figures were published in the DGHS’s dengue situation report on Tuesday, October 13. With the latest admissions, the total number of dengue patients hospitalized across Bangladesh this year has reached 103,396.
Of them, 97,296 patients have been discharged from hospitals, the report said.
