Eight more die of dengue 

Eight dengue patients died and 1,017 were admitted to different hospitals in the country during the last 24 hours till Wednesday morning.

A statement issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said this on Wednesday.

“During the period, 391 dengue patients were hospitalised in Dhaka city, while 216 in Dhaka division, 76 in Barishal, 150 in Chattogram, 92 in Khulna, 24 in Mymensingh and 33 in Rajshahi,” it said.

This year, the total number of cases rose to 33,099 while 174 deaths from dengue disease were reported during the period, the statement added.

Last year, the country recorded 1,705 dengue-related deaths and a total of 3,21,179 dengue cases.