September sees highest monthly dengue deaths, hospitalisations this year

Bangladesh has reported three more dengue deaths in the past 24 hours, alongside 556 new hospitalisations due to the Aedes mosquito-borne disease, as both peaked in the month of September this year. The tally of hospital admissions has reached 47,432 this year, alongside 198 deaths. September recorded hospitalisation of 15,866 patients and 76 fatalities. This follows the earlier admission of 10,684 patients in July, 10,496 in August, 5,951 in June, 1,161 in January, 1,773 in May, 701 in April, 374 in February and 336 in March. The fatalities in September surpassed July's death toll of 41. The earlier months recorded fewer deaths, with 10 in January, three in February, seven in April, three in May, 19 in June, and 39...