<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>At least one more dengue patient died in Dhaka and 1,034 were admitted to different health facilities across Bangladesh in the past 24 hours.</b></span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">The highest in a single day and also the total number of dengue cases crossed 31,000 within this time.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">One dengue patient also died during this time, according to the&nbsp; (DGHS) Directorate General of Health Services.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A total of 31,063 people were hospitalised with dengue infections across the country since January, of which, 113 died so far.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A total of 14,971 patients or 48.20 per cent of this year’s dengue hospitalisation were reported in the first 23 days of October showing an unbridled rise in dengue infections.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Of the total reported deaths, 58 people or about 51.32 per cent of deaths were reported in 23 days of October, 34 in September, 11 in August, nine in July and one was reported in June while no death was reported between January and May, according to the DGHS press release.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Of the total 113 deaths this year, 67 died in Dhaka city, one in Narsingdi, 36 in Chattogram, five in Barishal, two in Khulna and two in Mymensingh divisions.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">&nbsp;bnbd24/kh</div>