Six more people died from dengue infection from Saturday 8 am to Sunday 8 am (in one day). At the same time, another 1,298 people were infected with the virus and were admitted to the hospital.
This information was informed in a press release sent from the Health Emergency Operation Center and Control Room of the Department of Health on Sunday (October 20) evening.
According to the notification, 1,298 more people have been admitted to hospitals across the country in the last 24 hours after being infected with Aedes mosquito-borne dengue. Six people died during this time. Four of them are residents of Dhaka North City Corporation, one is a resident of Dhaka South City Corporation and the other is a resident of Chittagong. With this, the number of deaths due to this mosquito-borne disease has increased to 247 this year. Identified has increased to 49 thousand 880 people.
