Online desk: Bangladesh reports three more deaths of dengue and hospitalisation of 900 patients in 24 hours till Tuesday morning, raising this year’s death toll from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 99, according to the Directorate General of Health Services.
Among the latest deaths, one each was reported from Dhaka, Khulna and Chattogram divisions.
The dengue death toll in Dhaka division stands at 56, in Chattogram division at 35 and in Khulna at two while it remained static in Barishal division at five and in Mymensingh at one.
Of the new patients, 528 were admitted to different hospitals in Dhaka and 372 outside it.
A total of 3,227 dengue patients, including 2,148 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country.
The Directorate has recorded 26,938 dengue cases and 23,612 recoveries so far this year.
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