At the same time, 1,512 people have been newly admitted to hospitals with dengue. This information was obtained from the regular report of the Directorate General of Health Services on Thursday (October 22).
The Directorate General of Health Services said that in the past one day, one person each died in Dhaka North and South City Corporations and two in Mymensingh Division. Besides, in the last 24 hours, the highest 294 dengue patients were hospitalized in Chattogram Division. Apart from this, the remaining patients were hospitalized in other divisions, including 250 in Dhaka Division, 231 in Barishal, 206 in Khulna and 162 in Rajshahi.
From January 1 to October 22 of the current year, out of a total of 368 deaths from dengue in the country, the highest 179 died in Dhaka Division (including two city corporations). In addition, 66 died in Khulna, 33 in Chattogram, 29 in Mymensingh, 28 in Barishal, 23 in Rajshahi, 7 in Rangpur and 3 in Sylhet. Statistics show that after 43 deaths in August and 148 in September, 123 people died of dengue in the first 22 days of October alone.
