Bangladesh has recorded highest 19 deaths from dengue infection in the last 24 hours till Wednesday morning.

At the same time, a total of 1,792 new patients were hospitalized for the disease all over the country.

According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on Wednesday, as many as 922 dengue patients were hospitalized in Dhaka city and 870 patients were admitted to hospitals outside Dhaka during the period.

The number of dengue patients reached now 5,552 across the country, said DGHS.

The country logged 281 dengue deaths in 2022 – the highest on record after 179 deaths recorded in 2019.

Bd-pratidin English/Golam Rosul