Three die, 829 hospitalised with dengue

Three people have died of dengue while 829 more patients have been hospitalised with the Aedes mosquito-borne disease across the country in the past 24 hours, bdnews24.com.
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), said as many as 363 were hospitalised in Dhaka among the new dengue patients until Thursday.
In addition, 161 were hospitalised in the Dhaka Division, 23 in the Mymensingh Division, 91 in the Chattogram Division, 73 in the Khulna Division, 24 in the Rajshahi Division, 23 in the Rangpur Division, and 71 in the Barishal Division.
With the new counts, the number of hospitalised dengue patients has reached 27,384 this year. A total of 141 people died among them. The DGHS has been keeping records of dengue hospitalisations and deaths since 2000.
Since then, a record 321,179 dengue hospitalisations were logged in 2023. The highest 1,705 people also died of the disease that year.