Another 438 dengue patients were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till Tuesday morning as cases keep rising across the country.
Of the new patients, 315 were admitted to different hospitals in Dhaka and 123 outside it, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
On Sunday, this year's death toll from the mosquito-borne viral disease rose to 45 with another death reported from the Chattogram division.
So far 21 deaths from dengue have been recorded in the Dhaka division, four in the Barishal division and 20 in the Chattogram division.
A total of 1,560 dengue patients, including 1,191 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals in the country.
On June 21, the DGHS reported the first death of the season from the viral disease.
This year, the directorate has recorded 12,007 dengue cases and 10,402 recoveries so far.
