Eight more people have died from dengue in the country over the past 24 hours. During this period, 1,860 people were hospitalized due to the infection.

This information was disclosed on Wednesday (October 7) in the Directorate General of Health Services’ (DGHS) regular bulletin on dengue.

According to DGHS data, the total death toll from dengue this year has reached 281. Of these, 148 deaths occurred in September alone. Additionally, 42 people died in the first six days of October, 43 in August, 36 in July, 13 in June, one in May, and two each in January and February.

The bulletin stated that 1,860 dengue patients were admitted to various hospitals across the country in the 24 hours following 8:00 AM on Tuesday. This brings the total number of hospital admissions for dengue this year to 92,216.

In the last 24 hours, 1,852 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovering. To date, 86,152 patients have recovered and returned home.

In the last 24 hours, the highest number of patients were admitted in the Dhaka division (730), followed by Khulna (376), Chattogram (216), Barishal (200), Rajshahi (176), Mymensingh (110), and Rangpur (38).