Dengue has claimed two more lives in Bangladesh in the 24 hours ending at 8:00 am on Friday with pushing this year’s death toll from the mosquito-borne disease to 483.
According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) both latest fatalities occurred at hospitals in Dhaka Division. During the same period 1,255 new dengue patients were hospitalised nationwide.
Of the newly admitted patients 434 were recorded in Dhaka Division 267 in Chattogram, 160 in Khulna, 147 in Barishal, 89 in Rajshahi, 76 each in Rangpur and Mymensingh and six in Sylhet.
With these additions, the total number of dengue hospitalisations across Bangladesh in 2026 has reached 158,883. Of them 152,485 patients have recovered and been discharged after receiving hospital treatment.
The DGHS has maintained dengue records since 2000 noted that the country's worst outbreak occurred in 2023 when 1,705 people died and 321,179 were hospitalised. Last year, Bangladesh recorded 102,861 dengue cases and 413 deaths.
