Dengue claims 8 more lives 

The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has reported that eight more people have died from dengue and 1,674 others have been hospitalised with the mosquito-borne disease across the country in the past 24 hours.

It also said in its regular dengue bulletin on Saturday that the death toll from dengue has reached 491 this year. 

Of them, 72 died in the first 13 days of November, while October recorded 174 deaths, September 148, August 43, July 36, June 13, May one, and January and February two each.

The bulletin further said 1,674 dengue patients were admitted to hospitals across the country between 8am Friday and 8am Saturday.

With the latest figures, the total number of dengue patients hospitalised this year has risen to 160,557. Of them, 154,151 have recovered and returned home.

Dhaka division recorded the highest number of new hospitalisations, with 714 patients in the past 24 hours.

Besides, 311 patients were admitted in Chattogram, 190 in Khulna, 213 in Barishal, 115 in Rajshahi, 50 in Mymensingh, 60 in Rangpur and 13 in Sylhet division.