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2023-11-18 19:08:29

Dengue claims four more lives in country

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Dengue claims four more lives in country

Bangladesh has logged 4 more deaths from dengue infection in the last 24 hours till Saturday morning. 

At the same time, a total of 914 new patients were hospitalized for the disease all over the country. 

The total dengue death toll this year has risen to 1,543 setting a new record in the country’s history. 

According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), of the new patients, 204 were admitted to hospitals in Dhaka and 710 outside the capital.                 

The number of dengue patients undergoing treatment is 5,186 across the country, said DGHS.

So far, the DGHS has recorded 299,964 dengue cases and 293,235 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

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