200 dengue patients hospitalized in 24 hours

The information was revealed in a dengue-related press release issued here today by the Health Emergency Operations Center and Control Room of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

According to the notification, among the newly-admitted patients, 14 were hospitalized in Barishal division (outside the city corporation area), 92 in Chattogram division (outside the city corporation area), 14 in Dhaka division (outside the city corporation area), 72 under Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC), six under Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) and two in Khulna division (outside the city corporation area).

During the same period, 226 dengue patients were discharged from different hospitals, raising the total number of recovered patients this year to 94,624.

So far, this year, 96,827 people have been infected with dengue, of whom 63 percent are male and 37 percent female.

No dengue-related deaths were reported in the last 24 hours. The total number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease this year remains at 394, reports BSS. 

In 2024, a total of 101,214 people were infected with dengue, while the disease claimed 575 lives that year.