At least 13 people were reported dead from dengue and 2,327 more hospitalised with the mosquito-borne disease during the last 24 hours until Thursday morning.
Of the total, six fatalities were reported in Dhaka city while the remaining seven deaths were reported outside the city, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) figures.
With the latest daily counts, the total fatalities from dengue claimed to 1,135 since January 2023.
Of the new dengue patients, some 491 were admitted to hospitals in Dhaka and 1,836 outside the city during the last 24 hours, according to DGHS.
Some 89,617 dengue patients were taking treatment in hospitals across the country, 2,638 of them were in Dhaka until Thursday, the DGHS reported.
Since January this year, the total dengue cases reached 2,33,531, it said, adding that 2,23,779 of them had recovered from the disease.
The total death toll from dengue was recorded at 281 while the number dengue cases were 1,23,808 in 2022.
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