Dengue kills 174 in October

The Directorate General of Health Services has reported that the dengue outbreak continues across the country. One more person died of dengue in the last 24 hours, taking the death toll to 174 in the 31 days of October. The total number of dengue deaths this year has risen to 419 on Saturday (October 31).

These figures were announced in a bulletin of the Directorate General of Health Services, covering the 24-hour period from 8am on Friday to 8am on Saturday.

According to the Directorate General of Health Services, 1,633 dengue patients were admitted to hospitals in the last 24 hours. This has taken the total number of dengue patients admitted to hospitals this year to 1,35,000. Of them, 1,28,345 have been discharged from hospitals.

In the last 24 hours, the highest number of 604 dengue patients were admitted to hospitals in Dhaka Division. Besides, 281 patients were admitted in Chattogram, 234 in Barishal, 228 in Khulna, 149 in Rajshahi, 70 in Mymensingh and 67 in Rangpur.

According to the monthly account of the Directorate General of Health Services, two people each died of dengue in January and February this year. There were no deaths in March and April. One person died in May, 13 in June, 36 in July, 43 in August and 148 in September. With one more death in the last 24 hours, the death toll in October has stood at 174.