11 deaths mark highest single-day toll from dengue this year

Eleven people died of dengue, the highest single-day death toll this year, in the last 24 hours till 8:00 am on Tuesday (27 October) while 2,071 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 400 this year, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Of the newly-hospitalized dengue patients, 899 were in Dhaka Division, 97 in Mymensingh Division, 241 in Chattogram Division, 250 in Khulna Division, 229 in Rajshahi Division, 112 in Rangpur Division, 217 in Barishal Division and 26 in Sylhet Division.

According to the report, a total of 128,237 dengue patients have, so far, been hospitalized across the country this year.

So far, 121,422 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.

Source: BSS