World hit hardest by dengue fever in 2023, with more than five million cases and 5,500 deaths

New Save the Children analysis finds over 5,500 people died from dengue fever across 20 countries hardest hit by the disease in 2023, a year which saw at least five million cases --- more than any year over the past five years [1].

Bangladesh, Peru and Burkina Faso were among the countries with the highest known death tolls, while Brazil had the highest number of known cases.