Bangladesh records over 50 fatalities from dengue in October

Over the past 24 hours, dengue has claimed four more lives in Bangladesh, raising this year’s death toll to 249, while 942 people have been admitted to hospitals around the country. The tally of hospitalisations from the Aedes mosquito-borne disease this year hit 60,791 with the latest admissions. According to Monday’s Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) bulletin, the dead were all men, aged 65, 40, 70, and 32. They were receiving treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Mymensingh Medical College Hospital, Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital, and Pabna 250-bed Hospital. September saw the highest admissions, with 15,866 patients and 76 deaths. Between...