{"id":1897,"date":"2026-09-06T05:28:57","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T05:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dhakastatement.com\/?p=1897"},"modified":"2026-09-06T05:28:57","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T05:28:57","slug":"dengue-2026-dhaka-south-records-highest-death-toll-with-39-deaths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dhakastatement.com\/?p=1897","title":{"rendered":"Dengue 2026: Dhaka South Records Highest Death Toll with 39 Deaths"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bangladesh is witnessing a rise in dengue cases, with the mosquito-borne disease spreading across the country and the number of infections and deaths continuing to increase, putting fresh pressure on hospitals and health authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Since January 1 this year, a total of 41,032 dengue patients have been admitted to hospitals across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Of them, 38,179 have been discharged after recovery, while 113 have died till Saturday (Sept 5), according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).<\/p>\n<p>Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) alone recorded 39 deaths during the period, accounting for around 34.5 percent of the total fatalities reported across the country this year.<\/p>\n<p>The city corporation also recorded 5,400 dengue cases, accounting for 13.16 percent of the cumulative cases reported nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>The figures highlight the concentration of dengue-related deaths in the DSCC area, where the disease continues to pose a significant public health concern.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>-UNB<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bangladesh is witnessing a rise in dengue cases, with the mosquito-borne disease&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1899,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[483,470,484,485],"class_list":["post-1897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","tag-dengue-2026","tag-dghs","tag-dhaka-south-city-corporation","tag-mosquito-borne-disease"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhakastatement.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhakastatement.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhakastatement.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dhakastatement.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dhakastatement.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1897"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dhakastatement.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1897\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1900,"href":"https:\/\/dhakastatement.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1897\/revisions\/1900"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dhakastatement.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhakastatement.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dhakastatement.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dhakastatement.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}