Dengue fever: Two more die, 265 others hospitalised in a day

Two more have died while 265 new dengue patients hospitalised in the last 24 hours till 8:00 am today.

According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), 33 of the new cases are from outside Dhaka.

With the new cases, a total of 1,145 people have been diagnosed in the first four days of September. A total of 11,501 people were infected with dengue this year so far.

At least 7,698 patients were hospitalised in August, 2,286 in July, 272 in June, while 43 were infected in May.

Although most patients who were hospitalised have so far been released, 1,273 are still undergoing treatment at hospitals across Dhaka, and 136 outside the capital, the DGHS data shows.