Seven more deaths from dengue in one day

Seven people have died after being infected with dengue across the country in the last 24 hours. In this period 1,872 people have been newly admitted to hospitals.

This information of deaths from dengue and new patient admissions from 8am on Friday to 8am on Saturday has been obtained. This information has been given in the bulletin published by the Directorate General of Health Services on Saturday (October 17).

It has been said in the bulletin that among the newly admitted patients in the last 24 hours there are 865 in Dhaka division, 67 in Mymensingh, 260 in Chattogram, 233 in Khulna, 176 in Rajshahi, 59 in Rangpur, 199 in Barishal and 13 in Sylhet.

The Directorate General of Health Services informed that 1,10,312 people have been admitted to hospitals after being infected with dengue across the country from the beginning of the current year to Saturday. Among them 1,04,199 have received discharge certificates from the hospitals. Currently 5,771 are under treatment in the hospitals.

With this a total of 342 people have died of dengue this year.