Seven 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 846 this year.
During the period, 3,027 more patients were hospitalised with the viral fever, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Of the new patients, 849 were admitted to hospitals in Dhaka and the rest outside the capital, the DGHS said.
A total of 10,102 dengue patients, including 3,814 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country.
So far, the DGHS has recorded 1,73,795 dengue cases and 1,62,847 recoveries this year.
In the first three weeks of this month, the Aedes mosquito-borne dengue has claimed 253 lives across the country. A total of 49,987 cases were also reported during the same period, the DGHS added.
Bangladesh logged 281 dengue deaths and 62,382 cases in 2022, while 179 deaths and 1,01,354 cases in 2019.
