A 13-year-old girl has died of dengue fever at the Millennium Heart and General Hospital in Dhaka.
The incident occurred around 7am on Wednesday.
The deceased, Isra Taskin Asmita, was an eighth grader in Dhaka's Viqarunnisa Noon School and College.
Confirming the matter, the Executive Officer of the hospital Mehedi Hasan told Dhaka Tribune: "Isra took her last breathe in the early hours of Wednesday, after being admitted with dengue on August 28."
Isra was initially taken to a private hospital, but was later transferred to the Millennium Heart and General Hospital when her condition deteriorated, Amanat Mawla, the deceased's father said.
She was on life support for six days, he added.
The official death count from dengue till September 4 is 57. The unofficial death toll stands at over 132, so far.
Dengue death toll
A total of 820 dengue patients have been admitted to different hospitals across Bangladesh in the last 24 hours.
Among them, 345 patients were admitted in Dhaka, and 475 in districts outside Dhaka.
Dengue, a mosquito-borne virus, spreads among humans through its carrier Aedes mosquito.
The Health Emergency Operation Center and Control Room at the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), in a press release issued on Wednesday, said the number of patients currently undergoing treatment in government and private hospitals in the country were 3,588.
A total of 57 dengue patients have died across Bangladesh from January 1 till September 4, according to their own collected data. However, the unofficial death toll is reported to be at 132, so far.
As many as 1,989 patients are currently receiving treatment in 41 government and private hospitals in Dhaka, whereas 1,599 people are undergoing treatment outside Dhaka, the DGHS data said.
Since January 1 till September 4, a total of 73,565 people have been affected by dengue.
Among those admitted, a total of 69,785 have been released from their respective hospitals and clinics after treatment.
