Khulna, Aug. 28 -- A woman suffering from dengue died at the Khulna Medical College Hospital on Wednesday morning, doctors said.

The deceased, Shahida Begum, 50, wife of Saidur Rahman of Pirojpur, was hospitalised with dengue fever around 8:45pm on Tuesday.

"She died around 5:30am," said Dr Soirandranath Biswas, resident physician of the hospital.

Six people have so far died of dengue at the hospital.

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Dengue, a mosquito-borne viral infection, causes flu-like illness, and occasionally develops into a potentially lethal complication called severe dengue. About half of the world's population is now at risk, the WHO says.

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