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Saturday | September 19, 2026 | Dhaka

79 dengue deaths in Sept first 17 days

 Staff Reporter
 Published: 12:01 AM, 19 September 2026  Updated: 11:41 PM, 18 September 2026

The country recorded no new dengue deaths in the latest 24-hour period, while 747 patients were hospitalised with the mosquito-borne disease across the country, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The latest figures, released on Friday, showed that the country’s dengue death toll remained at 176 this year. Of the total, 79 deaths were recorded in September, making it the month with the highest number of dengue deaths so far this year.

The latest hospital admissions have added to the growing number of dengue patients receiving treatment across the country. The disease has continued to spread amid a sharp rise in infections during September.

DGHS data showed that 22,554 dengue patients were admitted to hospitals across Bangladesh in the first 17 days of September. The figure was slightly higher than the 22,536 patients hospitalised during the whole of August.

Five people died of dengue and 1,484 patients were hospitalised in the 24 hours to 8am on Thursday, taking the cumulative number of hospitalisations this year to 58,400.

Of the five deaths recorded on Thursday, four occurred in Dhaka North City Corporation and one in Rangpur Division.

The latest figures indicate that dengue continues to place pressure on hospitals as hundreds of new patients are admitted every day.

Jamalpur General Hospital is struggling to accommodate a growing number of dengue patients as the 250-bed facility has no separate ward or designated beds for those infected with the mosquito-borne disease, forcing them to receive treatment alongside other patients in its medicine ward.

The situation has created severe difficulties for patients at the hospital, where overcrowding has already placed considerable pressure on available beds and space.

Hospital sources said 257 dengue patients had been admitted to Jamalpur General Hospital this year. Of them, 233 had recovered and returned home, while 24 were still receiving treatment at the facility.

Four new dengue patients were admitted on Thursday, while four others were discharged after recovery.

A visit to the hospital’s ground-floor medicine ward showed dengue patients sharing the already crowded space with general patients. Some patients were being treated on the floor because of a shortage of beds, while movement inside the ward had become difficult due to the heavy patient load.

Hospital officials said the facility has 250 beds but provides treatment to around 700 to 750 patients on average every day. The patient load is therefore several times higher than its official capacity, creating pressure on beds and infrastructure.

Assistant Director of Jamalpur 250-bed General Hospital Dr Sohanur Rahman said the hospital did not have enough space to establish a separate dengue ward because of the existing pressure. As a result, dengue patients were being treated in the medicine ward.