<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>Dengue has already claimed the lives of 300 people across the country in the first 23 days.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Fourteen more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Saturday morning, raising the fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 893 this year.</div><div><br></div><div>During the period, 2,865 more patients were hospitalised with the viral fever, according to the DGHS.</div><div><br></div><div>Of the new patients, 814 were admitted to hospitals in Dhaka and the rest outside the capital--indicating a worsening situation across the country, DGHS said.</div><div><br></div><div>A total of 10,572 dengue patients, including 3,794 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country.</div><div><br></div><div>So far, the DGHS has recorded 184,717 dengue cases and 173,252 recoveries this year, reports UNB.</div><div><br></div><div>This month, a total of 60,909 cases were also reported during the same period, DGHS added.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>