Five deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hour till Friday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh 28 this year.
In recent fatalities, four were reported in Barishal division (outside of city corporation area) and one in Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC).
According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), 159 more patients were hospitalised with viral fever during the period, raising the number of confirmed cases to 5,570 since the beginning of this year.
Of them, Barishal division (out of city corporation area) alone reported 124 new cases; Chattogram Division (outside city corporations) recorded nine cases, Dhaka Division (outside city corporations) reported nine, while 12 cases were detected in DSCC, one in Dhaka North City Corporation and another one in Sylhet Division (outside of city corporation), and three in Khulna Division (out of city corporation).
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Currently, 531 dengue patients are receiving treatment in hospitals across the country.
Last year, dengue claimed the lives of 575 people.
According to the DGHS, there were 101,214 dengue cases and 100,040 recoveries in the same year.