Bangladesh's dengue outbreak deepened on Monday, with five more deaths and 2,218 new hospital admissions recorded in the 24 hours to 8am, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). The latest figures take this year's death toll to 389 and total hospital admissions to 1,26,166.

Source: The Business Standard

Yaani, more than 1.26 lakh people — one lakh is 100,000 — have been admitted to hospitals with dengue in Bangladesh so far this year, and 6,384 patients were still undergoing treatment on Monday.

The five deaths were recorded one each in the Dhaka, Chattogram, Khulna, Rajshahi and Barishal divisions, the DGHS said. Of the new patients, 942 were admitted in Dhaka division, followed by 284 in Khulna, 246 in Rajshahi, 240 in Chattogram, 232 in Barishal, 121 in Mymensingh, 113 in Rangpur and 40 in Sylhet.

Source: Times of Bangladesh (TOB News)

2,218New admissions in 24 hours
389Deaths so far this year
1,26,166Total hospital admissions in 2026
6,384Patients still in treatment

The surge follows the year's highest single-day hospitalisation figure a day earlier, when 2,249 patients were admitted and seven people died, according to DGHS figures reported by the United News of Bangladesh. September was the deadliest month of the outbreak so far, with 148 deaths, after 43 in August, 36 in July, 13 in June and five across January to May, The Business Standard reported.

In the same 24 hours, 1,993 patients recovered and were discharged, taking total recoveries this year to 1,19,393, the DGHS said. Health officials publish the dengue count daily as hospitals across the country continue to treat thousands of patients with the mosquito-borne viral fever.