In the past 24 hours, five people have died of dengue fever in Bangladesh, marking the highest single-day death toll from the mosquito-borne disease so far this year. According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), the fatalities include three women and two men. During the same period, 159 new patients were admitted to hospitals with dengue symptoms.

The cumulative death toll from dengue this year now stands at 28. The outbreak appears most severe in the Barishal division, where 124 new cases were confirmed in just one day, indicating a rapidly worsening situation.