One More Dengue Death in 24 Hours, 1,633 New Hospital Admissions: DGHS

One more person has died of dengue in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, while 1,633 new patients were admitted to hospitals with the disease in the same period. The figures were released on Saturday (31 October) in a bulletin from the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

According to the bulletin, the count covers the 24 hours from 8am on Friday to 8am on Saturday.

Among the newly admitted patients, the largest number was in Dhaka Division, with 604 admissions. Barishal Division followed with 234 new patients admitted to hospitals.

Chattogram Division recorded 281 new admissions and Khulna Division 228. In Rajshahi Division, 149 patients were admitted.

Mymensingh Division recorded 70 new admissions and Rangpur Division 67. The bulletin said no new dengue patient was admitted in Sylhet Division during this 24-hour period.

Since the start of this year, the total number of people admitted to hospitals with dengue across the country has reached 135,000.

Of them, 128,345 patients have recovered and been discharged from hospitals. At present, 6,236 dengue patients remain under treatment in hospitals across the country.

So far this year, 419 people have died of dengue. The latest death reported in Saturday's bulletin is included in that total.