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Seven die of dengue, 1,872 hospitalised overnight
Greenwatch Desk
Disease
2026-10-17, 7:25pm
Health officials today said they recorded 1,872 fresh cases of dengue onslaughts killing at least seven people in the last 24 hours.
"Out of 1,872, 199 patients were hospitalised in Barishal division while 260 in Chattogram division, 319 in Dhaka division, 323 in Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) and 233 in Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) areas, 233 in Khulna division, 67 in Mymensingh division, 176 in Rajshahi division, 59 in Rangpur division and 13 Sylhet division, a Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) statement said.
This year, Bangladesh so far witnessed 342 deaths while 110,312 people have been infected since the start of the dengue onslaughts.
The dengue last year claimed 413 lives and inflicted 1,02,861 people in the country.
Besides, the mosquito-borne disease claimed 575 lives and inflicted 1,01,214 people in 2024, reports BSS.