Five dengue patients die, 669 hospitalised in 24 hrs

Five dengue patients died and 669 were admitted to different hospitals in the country during the last 24 hours till 8 am today.

On November 15, Bangladesh witnessed 24 dengue deaths, the highest in a single day this year.

"The death toll from dengue infection crossed the 1600-mark as the
authorities recorded 1,639 dengue deaths between January 1 and December 4 this year," a press release from the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said.

"During the period, 124 dengue patients were hospitalised in Dhaka city while 545 were admitted to different hospitals outside the capital city," the DGHS daily statement added.

"This year, 1,639 deaths, the highest in a year since dengue was detected in
2000, were reported from dengue disease while 281 died last year," the
statement said.

With the new cases, the total number of patients rose to 3,15,057 the
statement said, adding: "This year, some 3,10,751 patients were released from different hospitals out of the total patients."