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

At the same time, a total of 1,708 new patients were hospitalized for the disease all over the country.

According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), of the new patients, 374 were admitted to hospitals in Dhaka and 1,334 outside the capital.                  

The number of dengue patients undergoing treatment is 6,463 across the country, said DGHS.  

So far, the DGHS has recorded 269,388 dengue cases and 261,584 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