Dengue: Death toll reaches 352 as four more die in 24 hours

Since the beginning of this year, 114,251 people have been hospitalised with dengue across the country

File photo of dengue patients receiving treatment at a hospital in Dhaka as the country`s dengue outbreak continues to worsen. Photo: Ahadul Karim Khan/Dhaka Tribune

Tribune Report

Publish : 19 Oct 2026, 05:41 PMUpdate : 19 Oct 2026, 07:22 PM

Four more people have died of dengue in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, while 1,851 others have been hospitalised with the disease.

The deaths were recorded between 8:am on Sunday and 8:00am on Monday, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

In its daily update issued on Monday, the DGHS said 742 of the newly hospitalised patients were from Dhaka division, 92 from Mymensingh, 220 from Chittagong, 253 from Khulna, 233 from Rajshahi, 93 from Rangpur, 192 from Barisal and 26 from Sylhet.

Since the beginning of this year, 114,251 people have been hospitalised with dengue across the country. Of them, 107,866 have been discharged, while 6,033 remain under treatment in hospitals.

With the latest deaths, the country's dengue death toll this year has risen to 352.