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Dengue: 5 new deaths, 1,512 fresh patients

Published : Thursday, 22 October, 2026 at 6:09 PM

Observer Online Report

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Five more people died of dengue across the country in the last 24 hours, while 1,512 new patients were hospitalized with the Aedes mosquito-borne fever during the same period.

The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) provided the update in its daily dengue bulletin released on Thursday (October 22).

According to DGHS data, the latest deaths bring the total casualty toll from dengue to 368 this year. Among the casualties, 124 deaths were recorded in the first 21 days of October alone.

September registered the highest monthly fatality count of 148 deaths, followed by 43 in August, 36 in July, 13 in June, one in May, and two each in January and February.

The bulletin noted that between 8:00 AM on Wednesday and 8:00 AM on Thursday, 1,512 new dengue patients were admitted to various hospitals nationwide, taking the total number of hospitalizations this year to 118,502.

Meanwhile, 1,455 patients were discharged after recovery in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of recoveries across the country to 112,111.

Over the past 24 hours, Dhaka division recorded the highest number of new hospitalizations at 507. Besides, 294 patients were admitted in Chittagong, 206 in Khulna, 162 in Rajshahi, 131 in Barishal, 60 in Mymensingh, and 44 in Rangpur division.

-SA

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Editor : Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury

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