Five more dengue patients died in 24 hours till Sunday morning, raising this year’s death toll from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 94.
During this period, 855 more patients were hospitalised with viral fever as cases keep rising, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Out of the latest deaths, two were reported from the Dhaka division and one each from Mymensingh, Khulna and Chattogram divisions, UNB said in a report.
The dengue death toll in the Dhaka division stands at 53, in the Chattogram division at 34 while it remained static in the Barishal division at five.
Among the new patients, 523 were admitted to different hospitals in Dhaka and 322 outside it.
A total of 2,847 dengue patients, including 1,957 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country.
The Directorate has recorded 25, 181 dengue cases and 22, 240 recoveries so far this year.
