Bangladesh recorded 434 new dengue hospital admissions and one death in the past 24 hours, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
As of this year, the mosquito-borne disease has claimed 102 lives and led to the hospitalisation of 24,617 patients nationwide. In August alone, 3,637 people have been admitted to hospitals with dengue and 19 have died.
Currently, 1,252 dengue patients are receiving treatment in hospitals across the country, with 394 in Dhaka and 858 in other divisions.
DGHS data shows monthly hospitalisations this year as follows: January — 1,161 cases (10 deaths), February — 374 cases (3 deaths), March — 336 cases, April — 701 cases (7 deaths), May — 1,773 cases (3 deaths), June — 5,951 cases (19 deaths), and July — 10,684 cases (41 deaths).
