Dengue death toll crosses 1700-mark in Bangladesh

(BSS) - Bangladesh today exceeded 1,700 dengue deaths as two new deaths were reported in the past 24 hours till 8am today, while 110 were admitted to different hospitals during the same period.
On November 15, Bangladesh witnessed 24 dengue deaths, the highest in a single day this year.
"The death toll from dengue infection crossed the 1700-mark as the authorities recorded 1,701 dengue deaths from January 1 to December 28 this year," a press release from the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said.
"During the period, 28 dengue patients were hospitalised in Dhaka city while 82 were admitted to different hospitals outside the capital city," the DGHS daily statement added.
"This year, 1,701 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 3,20,945 the statement said, adding: "This year, some 3,18,377 patients were released from different hospitals out of the total patients."