DHAKA, Oct 28, 2023 (BSS) - Ten dengue patients died and 1,800 were
admitted to different hospitals in the country during the last 24 hours till 8 am today.

On September 20, Bangladesh witnessed 21 dengue deaths, the highest in a
single day this year, and the nation also saw the same highest figure on
September 2.

"The death toll from dengue infection crossed the 1300-mark as the
authorities recorded 1,327 dengue deaths between January 1 and October 28
this year," a press release from the Directorate General of Health Services
(DGHS) said.

"During the period, 407 dengue patients were hospitalised in Dhaka city while 1,493 were admitted to different hospitals outside the capital city," the DGHS daily statement added.

"This year, 1,327 deaths, the highest in a year since dengue was detected in 2000, were reported from dengue disease while 281 died last year," the
statement said.

With the new cases, the total number of patients rose to 2,65,862 the
statement said, adding: "This year, some 2,57,444 patients were released from different hospitals out of the total patients."