Bangladesh reports highest single-day dengue death

On Thursday in a 24-hour count, Bangladesh logged nine dengue deaths, the highest in a single day, this year while 882 patients were hospitalized

With 9 more dengue deaths recorded in the past 24 days till this morning (November 3), this year's aggregate fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh rose to 161. 

The matter was revealed in a daily statement of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). 

"As many as 498 dengue patients were hospitalized in Dhaka city and 384 patients were admitted to hospitals outside Dhaka during the past 24 hours," it added.

The first death from dengue was reported on June 21, this year. 

With the new cases, the total number of dengue patients this year rose to 40,983 while some 37,146 patients were released from the hospitals.