The latest deaths take this year’s toll to 335, while the cumulative number of dengue cases has reached 108,440, according to the DGHS.
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Four more people died of dengue, and 1,181 were admitted to hospitals across the country in the last 24 hours, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The latest deaths take the country’s dengue death toll this year to 335, according to a press release issued today (16 October) by the Health Emergency Operation Centre and Control Room of the DGHS.
Of the four deaths, two were reported from areas of Dhaka division outside city corporations and two from Dhaka South City Corporation.
In September, 148 people died of dengue, the highest monthly death toll recorded so far this year.
From January to May, dengue claimed five lives in total, followed by 13 deaths in June, 36 in July and 43 in August.
Meanwhile, 1,179 dengue patients were discharged from hospitals during the same period, taking the total number of recoveries this year to 102,210.
The cumulative number of dengue cases reported across the country has reached 108,440.
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