Three more die of dengue, 1,960 hospitalised in 24 hours

Three more dengue patients died in the last 24 hours till 8am on Thursday, while 1,960 were hospitalised after being infected with the mosquito-borne disease during the same period.

The latest fatalities have raised the country's dengue death toll to 481 this year, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Of the newly hospitalised patients, 924 were in Dhaka division, 76 in Mymensingh division, 261 in Chattogram division, 224 in Khulna division, 216 in Rajshahi division, 63 in Rangpur division, 185 in Barishal division and 11 in Sylhet division.

According to the report, a total of 157,628 dengue patients have, so far, been hospitalised across the country this year.

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