Eleven more deaths were reported from dengue in the past 24 hours till Tuesday morning, raising the fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 657 this year.
During the period, 2,782 more patients were hospitalised with the viral fever, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Of the new patients, 951 were admitted to hospitals in Dhaka and the rest outside the capital.
A total of 9,132 dengue patients, including, 4,049 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country.
So far, the DGHS has recorded 1,35,916 dengue cases and 1,26,127 recoveries this year.
The month of August has been the deadliest month of the outbreak this year with 71,976 cases and 342 fatalities.
In the month of September, the country has so far witnessed 64 fatalities with 12,108 cases.
Bangladesh logged 281 dengue deaths and 62,382 cases in 2022, while 179 deaths were recorded in 2019.
