Dhaka:Six dengue patients died within the last 24 hours ending at 800 am today, while 2,010 individuals were hospitalized due to infections from the mosquito-borne disease during the same period.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, these latest deaths have increased the country's dengue death toll to 439 this year, as reported by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Of the newly hospitalized patients, 943 were in the Dhaka Division, 60 in Mymensingh Division, 245 in Chattogram Division, 235 in Khulna Division, 219 in Rajshahi Division, 65 in Rangpur Division, 219 in Barishal Division, and 24 in Sylhet Division.
The report indicates that a total of 140,909 dengue patients have been hospitalized across the country this year. Out of these, 134,594 patients have recovered and returned home after receiving treatment. In comparison, 102,861 people were infected with dengue last year, resulting in 413 deaths.