Dengue death toll rises to 56; 635 more hospitalised

Another dengue patient died in 24 hours till Saturday morning, raising this year’s death toll from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 56.

Besides, 635 patients were hospitalised with the viral fever as cases keep rising, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The latest death was reported in Barishal division, raising the death toll in the division to five. The dengue death toll in Dhaka division remained unchanged at 27 and in Chattogram at 24.

Of the new patients, 518 were admitted to different hospitals in Dhaka and 117 outside it, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

A total of 2,158 dengue patients are now receiving treatment in hospitals across the country.