Nine more deaths from dengue, 1,954 admitted to hospital

Nine more people have died after being infected with dengue in the country in the last 24 hours. In the same period, 1,954 people have been admitted to hospitals.

This information has been given in the dengue-related press release sent by the Health Emergency Operation Centre and Control Room of the Directorate General of Health Services on Tuesday (October 13).

The release said that in the last 24 hours, 196 people have been admitted to hospitals in Barishal division, 318 in Chattogram division, 465 outside the city corporation areas of Dhaka division, 189 in Dhaka North City Corporation and 191 in Dhaka South City Corporation.

Besides, 230 people have been admitted to hospitals in Khulna division, 97 in Mymensingh division, 184 in Rajshahi division, 71 in Rangpur division and 13 in Sylhet division.

According to the information of the Directorate General of Health Services, a total of 1,03,396 people have been admitted to hospitals after being infected with dengue in the country till October 13 of the current year. Among them, 97,296 have received discharge certificates from the hospitals after recovering following treatment.

In the last 24 hours, 2,965 people have received discharge certificates from the hospitals. With this, the total number of deaths from dengue this year has stood at 316.

According to the calculation of the Directorate General of Health Services, 1,02,861 people had been admitted to hospitals after being infected with dengue in the country in 2025. 413 people died of this disease that year. In 2024, 1,01,214 people were admitted to hospitals after being infected and 575 died.

Earlier in 2023, 3,21,179 people had been admitted to hospitals after being infected with dengue in the country. 1,705 people died of this disease that year.