Staff reporter:
Three people died of dengue in the last 24 hours till 8:00 am yesterday while 1,262 were hospitalised after being infected with the mosquito-borne disease during the same period.
The latest fatalities have raised the country’s dengue death toll to 418 this year, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Of the newly-hospitalized dengue patients, 435 were in Dhaka Division, 75 in Mymensingh Division, 268 in Chattogram Division, 131 in Khulna Division, 112 in Rajshahi Division, 48 in Rangpur Division, 182 in Barishal Division and 11 in Sylhet Division.
According to the report, a total of 133,367 dengue patients have, so far, been hospitalized across the country this year.
So far, 126,713 dengue patients have recovered and returned home after receiving treatment in the hospitals.
A total of 102,861 people were infected with dengue, and 413 people died from the mosquito- borne disease last year.
