At least one dengue patient died, while 664 others were hospitalised in 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday.

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Eighty-one percent of dengue patients who died this year were admitted to hospitals only after running a fever for three or more days, health authorities have reported, highlighting delayed hospitalisation as the leading cause of fatalities so far.

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The country yesterday recorded the highest single-day dengue toll, with 12 deaths and 740 new cases reported in the past 24 hours, raising grave concerns over the escalating outbreak.

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147 deaths, 40,709 cases recorded so far this year.83 deaths reported in DSCC.11,927 cases in Barishal.Experts warn of October outbreak..Lack of national mosquito control programme blamed.****************.Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) has recorded

Six dengue patients died and 647 others were hospitalised across Bangladesh in the 24 hours until 8:00am yesterday, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

At least five dengue patients died while 622 others were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday.

The health authorities have moved to expand the capacity of nine upazila health complexes in as many districts to cope with the growing number of patients, without addressing the existing shortage of manpower at the facilities.

One dengue patient died while 665 others were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till yesterday morning.

Two people have died in Pirgacha upazila of Rangpur in the past month with symptoms resembling anthrax, while over a hundred others have received treatment for similar infections.

636 hospitalised