Fourteen more deaths were reported from dengue in the last 24 hours till Saturday morning, raising the fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 989 this year.
During the period, 2,425 more patients were hospitalised with the viral fever, according to the DGHS.
Of the new patients, 751 were admitted to hospitals in Dhaka and the rest outside the capital--indicating a worsening situation across the country, DGHS said.
A total of 9,959 dengue patients, including 3,379 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country.
So far, the DGHS has recorded 203,406 dengue cases and 192,458 recoveries this year.
September has so far been the deadliest month for the dengue outbreak this year with 396 fatalities and 79,598 cases, according to DGHS data.
