Dengue claims 152 lives in a single month

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Four more people have died of dengue in the country over the last 24 hours. During this period, 1,978 patients were admitted to hospitals with the infection.

This information was shared on Thursday (October 1) in the regular dengue bulletin issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). According to DGHS data, a total of 249 people have died from dengue this year. Among them, 152 deaths occurred in September alone, while 43 died in August, 36 in July, 13 in June, one in May, and two each in January and February.

In the 24 hours following 8:00 AM on Wednesday (September 30), 1,978 patients were admitted to various hospitals across the country due to dengue. With this, the total number of hospitalized patients this year has reached 81,598. Over the last 24 hours, 1,809 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovering. So far, 75,699 people have returned home recovered.

In the last 24 hours, the highest number of patients was admitted in the Dhaka Division, with 684 cases, followed by 358 in Chattogram, 260 in Barishal, 256 in Khulna, 209 in Rajshahi, 101 in Rangpur, 94 in Mymensingh, and 11 in Sylhet.

Source: RTNN News