7 die of dengue, 1,872 hospitalised in 24 hours

Seven more people died of dengue and 1,872 were hospitalised across Bangladesh in the 24 hours till Saturday (October 17), according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

In a daily update issued on Saturday, the DGHS Health Emergency Operation Centre and Control Room reported that 1,10,312 dengue patients had been hospitalised across the country so far this year.

Of them, 1,04,199 patients have recovered and been discharged from hospitals, including 1,991 in the past 24 hours.

With the latest fatalities, the dengue death toll this year has reached 342.