The information was disclosed in the regular dengue-related bulletin of the Directorate General of Health Services on Saturday (October 10).
According to the Directorate General of Health Services, 54 people died of dengue in the first nine days of October. Before that, 148 died in September, 43 in August, 36 in July, 13 in June and one in May. Two people died each in January and February.
The bulletin said that with the new patients, the number of dengue patients admitted to hospital this year has reached 97,082. In the last 24 hours, 1,627 people recovered and left hospital. With this, a total of 91,007 people have recovered.
In the last 24 hours, the highest number of patients were admitted in Dhaka Division with 703 people. Besides, 219 were admitted in Barishal, 234 in Chattogram, 184 in Khulna, 141 in Rajshahi, 75 in Rangpur and 61 in Mymensingh.
