Six people died in the country in the next 24 hours from Tuesday (September 17) morning due to the Aedes mosquito-borne dengue fever. During this time, 865 people were admitted to the hospital with dengue.
This information is known from the press release of the Department of Health Health and Emergency Operation Center and Control Room on Wednesday (September 18).
According to the information received from the notification, 514 people have been admitted to different hospitals in Dhaka, and 351 more patients have been admitted to hospitals outside Dhaka.
So far this year, 119 people have died due to infection, of which 45.4 percent are men and 54.6 percent are women.
According to the notification, a total of 21 thousand 79 people have been infected with dengue from January 1 to September 18 this year. Among them, 62.3 percent are men and 37.7 percent are women.
The Department of Health said that since January this year, a total of 21 thousand 79 patients have been admitted to the hospital. 119 people have died of dengue so far this year. Besides, last year, 321 thousand 179 people were admitted to the hospital due to dengue. 1 thousand 705 people died.