News Desk :
The dengue outbreak continues to spread as two more people died and 159 were hospitalised across the country in the past 24 hours, according to health authorities.
Experts warn the numbers may rise further with the ongoing monsoon season, and raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 40 this year.
During the period, 159 more patients were hospitalised with viral fever, raising the total infected-case to 9,222 this year, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Last year, dengue claimed the lives of 575 people.
In 2023, 1,705 people lost their lives due to dengue, making it the deadliest year on record.
The DGHS recorded 321,179 dengue cases and 3, 18,749 recoveries in the same year.
