No dengue patients died while 380 patients were admitted to different hospitals across Bangladesh during the 24 hours till 8 am on Thursday, reports BSS.
On November 3, Bangladesh logged nine dengue deaths, the highest in a single day, this year.
As many as 218 dengue patients were hospitalized in Dhaka city and 162 patients were admitted to hospitals outside Dhaka during the past 24 hours, a press release of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said.
"A total of 254 people died from dengue between January 1 and December 1. The first death from dengue was reported on June 21," the daily statement of the DGHS said.
With the new cases, the total number of dengue patients this year rose to 57,738, while some 55,740 patients were released from the hospitals.
The DGHS said Mirpur, Uttara, Mugda, Jatrabari, Dhanmondi and Mohammadpur in Dhaka city have been identified as dengue hotspots. It said the second highest number of cases has been detected in Cox's Bazar, after Dhaka.
Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne illness that occurs in tropical and subtropical areas of the world. An outbreak of the disease is usually seasonal, peaking during and after rainy seasons.
The World Health Organization (WHO) classifies dengue as one of the top 10 threats to public health.
