Satkhira Correspondent
A woman, diagnosed with mosquito-borne disease dengue, died at the Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH) on Tuesday night.
The deceased was identified, as Rahima Begum, 50, wife of Rafiqul Islam of Azrail Village under Tala Upazila of Satkhira.
Dr Sailendranath Biswas, residential medical officer of KMCH, said Rahima was hospitalised on Monday with dengue. She died around 11:30pm.
So far, 11 people have been died of dengue in the district.
Bangladesh has been fighting an uphill battle against the mosquito-borne disease this year. Since January, 77,983 people were hospitalised with dengue. Of them, 74,714 made full recovery.
During this period, the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) received information about 197 dengue-related deaths.
So far, it has reviewed 101 cases and confirmed 60 dengue deaths.
