Bangladesh dengue outbreak: 53,570 hospitalisations and 157 deaths reported
Epidemic
How the score is calculated
The score starts at 8. It adds points from recorded affected, deaths, displaced and casualty counts, plus terms found in the story title, event type or status. For each count, only its highest matching band is used.
- Affected people
- 1–999: +5 · 1,000–9,999: +12 · 10,000–99,999: +20 · 100,000–999,999: +28 · 1 million+: +35
- Deaths
- 1–9: +8 · 10–99: +14 · 100–999: +22 · 1,000+: +30
- Displaced people
- 1–9,999: +6 · 10,000–99,999: +12 · 100,000+: +18
- Casualties
- 100 or more: +8
- Story wording
- +10 for terms such as catastrophe, famine, war, conflict, major earthquake, mass casualty or critical. Otherwise, +5 for active, ongoing, emergency, outbreak, cyclone or hurricane.
Score bands: Watch 0–24 · Moderate 25–49 · High 50–74 · Critical 75–100. Scores are capped at 100. Missing or unparseable figures add no points.
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In brief
- What happenedBangladesh’s dengue outbreak intensified in September 2026.
- Reported impactAffected persons: 53,570 · Deaths: 157 · GLIDE identifier: EP-2026-000174-BGD
- What help is neededResponse priorities should be confirmed in the linked source reports as needs change.
What changed
Updated verified snapshot
This record was first dated 2026-09-01 and last verified 2026-09-29T19:30:00Z.
Situation
Bangladesh’s dengue outbreak intensified in September 2026. The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) recorded 53,570 people hospitalised and 157 deaths by 14 September. The prior day’s published tally was 51,837 hospitalisations and 149 deaths, so the two dated observations are retained separately. More than 1,200 hospital admissions per day were reported on average during the first 14 days of September. August alone recorded 20,536 hospital admissions and 43 deaths. All eight divisions have been affected, with Dhaka Division the hardest hit. Increasing admissions are placing pressure on health facilities, including bed capacity, clinical staff, blood and platelet supplies. This record does not infer unreported supply quantities or claim a national displacement total.
Linked charities and agencies
WorldsAid verification
A WorldsAid editor reviewed this record against 3 attributed sources, cleaned feed formatting and checked the crisis, place and reporting date. 9 human-impact figures were separated from the narrative and dated where the source allowed. Earlier observations remain in the evidence history instead of being silently overwritten.
Verified figures
- Affected persons
- 53,570 retained at 2026-09-29T19:30:00Z
- Deaths
- 157 retained at 2026-09-29T19:30:00Z
- GLIDE identifier
- EP-2026-000174-BGD retained at 2026-09-29T19:30:00Z
- Hospitalised
- 53,570 · DGHS cumulative total as of 14 September 2026 retained at 2026-09-29T19:30:00Z
- Previous dated observation
- 51,837 hospitalised and 149 deaths · as of 13 September 2026 retained at 2026-09-29T19:30:00Z
- September admissions
- More than 1,200 per day on average during 1–14 September retained at 2026-09-29T19:30:00Z
- August admissions and deaths
- 20,536 hospitalisations · 43 deaths retained at 2026-09-29T19:30:00Z
- Geographic spread
- All eight divisions affected; Dhaka Division hardest hit retained at 2026-09-29T19:30:00Z
- Health-system pressure
- Bed capacity, clinical staff, blood and platelet supplies retained at 2026-09-29T19:30:00Z
What we knew when
- WorldsAid record entered the retained historical dataset.
- DGHS SNAPSHOT · 51,837 HOSPITALISED · 149 DEATHS · THROUGH 13 SEPTEMBER preserved as a dated, source-linked observation. Source
- DGHS UPDATE · 53,570 HOSPITALISED · 157 DEATHS · THROUGH 14 SEPTEMBER preserved as a dated, source-linked observation. Source
Earlier figures are never replaced by later values; additional observations are retained as new ledger entries.
Provenance
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