At least two more people died of dengue and 394 others were admitted to different hospitals across Bangladesh in 24 hours till Monday morning.
With the latest deaths and hospitalisation, at least 78 people died and 19,923 others were hospitalised with the viral fever, according to the Directorate General of Health Services.
Of the total deaths and hospitalised people, the DGHS recorded 36 dengue deaths and hospitalisation of 9,627 people in the first 28 days of July.
One of the latest dengue deaths was reported from Barishal and the other from Chattrogram.
Of the total hospitalisation, 1,161 people were hospitalized in January, 374 in February, 336 in March, 701 in April, 1,773 in May and 5,951 in June.
At least 10 people died of dengue in January, three in February, seven in April, three in May and 19 in June, according to the DGHS.
A dengue outbreak was first officially reported in the country in 2000 when 93 people died and 5,551 patients were hospitalised, according to DGHS data. Dengue killed 1,705 people and sent 3,21,179 others to hospitals in 2023 alone against 853 deaths and 2,44,246 hospitalisation between 2000 and 2022, the DGHS data showed.
Last year, the country witnessed a severe dengue outbreak that resulted in 575 deaths and 101,214 reported cases.
