Four more die of dengue, 1512 hospitalised

The Directorate General of Health Services has informed that four more people died of dengue in the country in the last 24 hours. During this period 1,512 people were admitted to hospitals.

With this the number of dengue deaths this year has risen to 368. Of them 123 died in the first 21 days of October alone. A total of 1,18,502 people have been hospitalised after being infected with dengue this year.

The health directorate said on Thursday that of the four who died in the last 24 hours one each died in hospitals under Dhaka North and Dhaka South City Corporation areas. The remaining two died outside Mymensingh division.

Among the newly admitted patients in the last 24 hours 111 were admitted to hospitals in Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) area and 146 in Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) area. Outside these two cities 250 patients were admitted to other hospitals in Dhaka division.

Besides, 231 patients were admitted in Barishal division, 294 in Chattogram, 206 in Khulna, 60 in Mymensingh, 164 in Rajshahi, 44 in Rangpur and eight in Sylhet.