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Dengue Claims 5 More Lives, 2,218 Hospitalised in Bangladesh

Staff Correspondent: Disease 2026-10-26, 5:38pm

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Five more people have died from dengue in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, while 2,218 patients have been admitted to hospitals across the country, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The DGHS released the figures in its regular dengue update on Monday, October 26.

The deaths and hospital admissions were recorded between 8am on Sunday and 8am on Monday, bringing the country’s dengue death toll this year to 389, the report said.

Of the newly hospitalised patients, 942 were admitted in Dhaka Division, 284 in Khulna, 246 in Rajshahi, 240 in Chattogram, 232 in Barishal, 121 in Mymensingh, 113 in Rangpur and 40 in Sylhet.