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Dengue: one more dies; 262 hospitalised in 24hrs
Greenwatch Desk
Disease
2025-06-28, 7:58pm
One more death were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Saturday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 41 this year.
During the period, 262 more patients were hospitalised with viral fever, raising the total infected-case to 9,484 this year, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Last year, dengue claimed the lives of 575 people.
In 2023, 1,705 people lost their lives due to dengue, making it the deadliest year on record.
The DGHS recorded 321,179 dengue cases and 3, 18,749 recoveries in the same year, reports UNB.