Dengue death toll crosses 1700-mark
Health
28 December, 2023, 07:35 pm
Last modified: 28 December, 2023, 07:34 pm
Dengue patients at a Dhaka hospital in August this year. Photo: Nayem Ali/TBS
Two more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Thursday morning, raising the fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 1,701 this year.
During the period, 110 more patients were hospitalised with the viral fever, according to the DGHS.
A total of 867 dengue patients, including 281 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country.
So far, the DGHS has recorded 3,20,945 dengue cases and 3,18,377 recoveries this year.
September has so far been the deadliest month for the dengue outbreak this year with 396 fatalities and 79,598 cases, according to the DGHS data.
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