Bangladesh, Oct. 20 -- Four more people died of dengue and 1,851 patients were hospitalised across Bangladesh in the 24 hours until 8:00am on Monday, taking the country's death toll from the mosquito-borne disease to 352 this year.
The latest figures were reported by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). The new hospital admissions raised the cumulative number of dengue cases requiring hospitalisation to 114,251 since January 1, while 6,033 patients were receiving treatment in hospitals across the country.
Of the four latest fatalities, two were reported in the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) area, one in the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) area and another in Mymensingh division. The deaths indicate that the outbreak...