2 dengue patients die, 97 hospitalised in 24 hrs

Two dengue patients died and 308 were admitted to different hospitals across 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, reports BSS.

"The death toll from dengue infection crossed the 1600-mark as the authorities recorded 1,676 dengue deaths from January 1 to December 13 this year," a press release from the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said.

"During the period, 97 dengue patients were hospitalised in Dhaka city while 211 were admitted to different hospitals outside the capital city," the DGHS daily statement added.

"This year, 1,676 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 3,18,613 the
statement said, adding: "This year, some 3,15,114 patients were released from different hospitals out of the total patients."