Dengue claims two more lives in 24 hours

Two dengue patients died in the last 24 hours till 8:00am on Friday while 1,255 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 483 this year, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Of the newly-hospitalized dengue patients, 434 were in Dhaka Division, 76 in Mymensingh Division, 267 in Chattogram Division, 160 in Khulna Division, 89 in Rajshahi Division, 76 in Rangpur Division, 147 in Barishal Division and six in Sylhet Division.

According to the report, a total of 158,883 dengue patients have, so far, been hospitalized across the country this year.

So far, 152,485 dengue patients have recovered and returned home after receiving treatment in the hospitals.

Last year, a total of 102,861 people were infected with dengue, and 413 people died from the mosquito-borne disease.

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