Bangladesh has logged 15 more deaths from dengue infection in the last 24 hours till Wednesday morning.

At the same time, a total of 2,950 new patients were hospitalized for the disease all over the country.    

The number of dengue patients undergoing treatment is 9,967 across the country, said DGHS.    

The total dengue death toll this year has risen to 958 setting a new record in the country’s history.

So far, the DGHS has recorded 196,831 dengue cases and 185,906 recoveries this year. 

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

Bd-pratidin English/Golam Rosul