Three more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Sunday morning, raising the fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 16 this year. During the period, 97 more patients were hospitalised with the viral fever, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Of the new patients, 87 were admitted to hospitals in Dhaka and the rest outside it, according to DGHS. A total of 387 dengue patients, including 338 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country. Also read: Dengue numbers keep rising: 112 more cases reported So far, the DGHS has recorded 2,376 dengue cases, 1,973 recoveries. The country logged 281 dengue deaths in 2022 – the highest on record after 179 deaths recorded in 2019. Also, it recorded 62,423 dengue cases and 61,971 recoveries last year.  

With two more deaths reported from dengue in 24 hours till Monday morning, the official death toll from the mosquito-borne disease rose to 278 this year. During this period, 106 more patients, including 43 in Dhaka city, were hospitalised, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). A total of 447 dengue patients, including 243 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country. Read more: Bangladesh reports 49 more dengue cases The DGHS has recorded 62,127dengue cases and 61,402 recoveries so far this year.

With two more deaths reported from dengue in 24 hours till Saturday morning, the official death toll from the mosquito-borne disease rose to 274 this year. During this period, 89 more patients, including 59 in Dhaka city, were hospitalised, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). A total of 501 dengue patients, including 297 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country. Read more: Bangladesh reports 39 more dengue cases The DGHS has recorded 61,972 dengue cases and 61,195 recoveries so far this year.

With another death  from dengue recorded in 24 hours till Tuesday morning, the official death toll from the mosquito-borne disease rose to 258 this year. During this period, 269  more patients, including 134 in Dhaka city, were hospitalised, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Read more: Dengue patients are dying due to seeking treatment late: Health Minister The new death was reported from Dhaka raising the division’s death toll to 159. A total of 1,227 dengue patients, including 719 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country. Read more: Bangladesh reports 308 dengue cases, zero death in 24 hrs The DGHS has recorded 59, 196 dengue cases and 57,711 recoveries so far this year.

With five more deaths reported in 24 hours till Tuesday morning this year’s fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease Dengue reached 182, exceeding all previous records in Bangladesh. Earlier the country recorded the highest 179 deaths from Dengue in a year in 2019. In the first week of November, already 41 people died from Dengue while 6,778 were hospitalised. During last 24 hours, 820 patients were hospitalised with the viral fever, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Read more: Govt fixes cost of dengue test The gradual increase in dengue infections has created panic among the residents of Dhaka city. Hospitals are failing to cope with the pressure of dengue patients despite setting up new wards. Doctors and health experts say that measures taken by the city corporations and other authorities are not proving to be effective. The publicity and drives carried out by the authorities to destroy larvae of Aedes mosquito, the carrier of the dengue virus, are appearing to be inadequate. All the latest deaths were reported from Dhaka raising the death toll in the division to 109 Of the new patients, 450 were admitted to different hospitals in Dhaka and 370 outside it, according to the DGHS. A total of 3,223 dengue patients, including 1,947 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country. The directorate has recorded 44,802 dengue cases and 41, 397 recoveries so far this year. Read more: No respite from Dengue: Death toll rises to 177 On Thursday, the country reported nine dengue deaths, the highest death toll from dengue in a day this year. Dengue outbreaks in Bangladesh exceeded all previous records in 2019, mostly in the capital city of Dhaka. A total of 101,354 dengue cases with 179 dengue-related deaths were officially recorded