Eight more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till yesterday morning, raising fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease to 1,528 this year.

Of the deaths, five were reported in the capital

At least 75 percent of dengue patients have been infected with Dengue 2 serotype in Chattogram this year while 11 percent with Dengue 1 and 14 percent with Dengue 3 serotypes, according to a study

Twenty-four dengue patients died in the last 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday, the highest number of single-day casualties from the mosquito-borne disease in the country, taking the death toll past the 1,500-mark this year.

1,623 hospitalised in a day

At least 12 more dengue patients died, seven of them from Dhaka, in the last 24 hours till yesterday morning.

Of the deaths, seven were reported in the capital

1,484 deaths, 2,93,572 cases this year

1,476 deaths, 2,91,832 cases this year

1,466 deaths, 2,90,084 cases this year

Eleven more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till this morning, raising the fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 1,460 this year.

US health authorities on Thursday approved the world's first vaccine for chikungunya, a virus spread by infected mosquitoes that the Food and Drug Administration called "an emerging global health threat".

Seventeen more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till yesterday morning, raising the fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease to 1,449 this year.

Approximately 2-3 children die every hour from pneumonia in Bangladesh, according to icddr,b.

Approximately 2-3 children die every hour from pneumonia in Bangladesh, according to icddr,b

Of the 17 deaths, four were reported in the capital

At least seven more people died from dengue in the 24 hours preceding 8:00am yesterday as the country grapples with a record outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease.

Of the deaths, three were reported in the capital

1,425 deaths, 2,83,593 cases this year

1,417 deaths, 2,81,698 cases this year