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Dengue deaths rise to 478, 1,900 new infections

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Dengue deaths rise to 478, 1,900 new infections
As the dengue outbreak continues in the country, the death toll has exceeded 475. Four more people have died after being infected with dengue fever in the last 24 hours. At the same time, 1,900 people have been newly admitted to hospital. With this, the total number of dengue deaths in the country this year has risen to 478.

On Wednesday, the Directorate General of Health Services' daily dengue-related bulletin said that all four people who died in the last 24 hours were residents of Dhaka Division. According to the Directorate's statistics, from January 1 of this year to today, a total of 155,668 people have been admitted to hospital after being infected with dengue. Among them, 149,123 people have recovered and been discharged after receiving treatment. Currently, 6,067 dengue patients are undergoing treatment at various public and private hospitals in the country.

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Data on those infected by division shows that in the last 24 hours, the highest number of patients were admitted in Dhaka Division (780)—among them, 345 in the Dhaka North and South City Corporation areas and 435 in other districts of Dhaka Division outside the metropolitan area. Among other divisions, 249 new dengue patients were admitted to hospitals in Barishal, 242 in Chattogram, 226 in Khulna, 198 in Rajshahi, 109 in Rangpur, 85 in Mymensingh and 11 in Sylhet.

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