Four deaths have been reported from mosquito-borne viral disease dengue from capital Dhaka and the southern metropolitan of Barishal.
In Dhaka, 43-year-old Farzana Hossain died while being treated at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH).
She was the wife of Md Ruhul Amin, deputy secretary of Health Economics Unit of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
“She was admitted at DMCH in a critical condition on Monday (Jul 29),” said DMCH Assistant Director Md Nasir Uddin.
Twenty-five-year-old Liton Mia, from Dhaka’s Wari, was declared dead at 10:15am, he added.
In Barishal, two people died from mosquito-borne dengue at Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital on Tuesday (Jul 30).
The deceased have been identified as 24-year-old Aslam Khan and 18-year-old Mohammed Sohel.
Aslam died around 3:15am while Sohel died at 9am.
Dr Bakir Hossain, director of Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital, confirmed the matter.
Dengue has taken a dangerous turn this year with at least 50 people dying from the disease this year so far, according to a Bangla Tribune count. The health department, however, puts the toll at eight.