Dengue claims 3 more lives in 24 hours

Over the past 24 hours, three people have died from dengue across the country, bringing the total death toll from this mosquito-borne disease to 481 so far this year. Additionally, 1,960 new patients have been hospitalized with dengue during the same period. This information was provided in the regular dengue report issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on Thursday (November 12).

The DGHS reported that one person died from dengue in each of the Dhaka, Mymensingh, and Rajshahi divisions, totaling three deaths. Meanwhile, the highest number of new dengue hospitalizations in the last 24 hours occurred in the Dhaka division, with 924 patients admitted.

During the same period, 261 patients were hospitalized in the Chattogram division, 224 in the Khulna division, 216 in the Rajshahi division, 185 in the Barishal division, 76 in the Mymensingh division, 63 in the Rangpur division, and 11 in the Sylhet division.

In total, 481 people have died from dengue in the country between January 1 and November 12 of this year. Of these, 236 deaths occurred in the Dhaka division alone (including the two city corporations). Furthermore, during this period, 85 people died in the Khulna division, 47 in the Chattogram division, 39 in the Mymensingh division, 32 in the Barishal division, 30 in the Rajshahi division, 8 in the Rangpur division, and 4 in the Sylhet division.

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