Dengue toll hits 483 with two new deaths

Two more people have died of dengue, a mosquito-borne disease, in 24 hours till Friday evening, while 1,255 patients have been admitted to hospitals across the country during the same period.

With the latest deaths, the dengue death toll has reached 483 so far this year. The total number of hospitalisations has risen to 158,883.

The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said that both of those who died in the past 24 hours had been undergoing treatment at hospitals in Dhaka division.

Among the newly hospitalised patients, 434 were admitted in Dhaka division, 267 in Chattogram, 147 in Barishal, 160 in Khulna, 89 in Rajshahi, 76 in Rangpur, 76 in Mymensingh and six in Sylhet.

The DGHS has been maintaining records of dengue-related hospitalisations and deaths since 2000.

The highest number of dengue patients, 321,179, were hospitalised in 2023. The same year also saw the highest number of dengue deaths, with 1,705 people dying from the disease.

More than 400 people died of dengue last year, while the number of identified cases exceeded 102,000.