At least four more people died of dengue and 319 others were admitted to different hospitals across the country during the past 24 hours till Wednesday morning.
According to the Directorate General of Health Services, including the latest deaths, this year total 69 people have died and 18,345 others have been hospitalised with the viral fever.
Of them, 8,049 people were hospitalised in the first 23 days of July while 27 others died of dengue at the same time.
Of the latest deceased, two were children鈥攐ne three years old and another seven years old鈥攂oth died under treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
Among the rest, one was聽 a 40-year-old woman who died at DMCH and another victim is a 52-year-old man from Feni who died at Chattogram Medical College Hospital.
Regarding hospitalisations, in January 1,161 people were hospitalised, 374 in February, 336 in March, 701 in April, 1,773 in May, and 5,951 in June.
Of the deceased, 10 people died of dengue in January, three in February, seven in April, three in May, and 19 in June.
Dengue has arisen as a serious public health concern in the country over the past several years.
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 hospitalisations between 2000 and 2022, the DGHS data showed.
Last year, the country witnessed a severe dengue outbreak resulting in 575 deaths and 1,01,214 reported cases. During that period 1,00,040 patients recovered from the viral fever.
