<div><b><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Eleven more deaths were reported from dengue by the Directorate General of Health Services on Saturday, raising the fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 167 this year. The July death toll alone rose to 120, smashing the previous highest for deaths from dengue in a single month.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>Previously, the deadliest month had been November 2022, when 113 people died from the disease, according to DGHS records in the public domain.</div><div><br></div><div>Also on Saturday, DGHS reported 2,242 hospitalisations - easily the highest this year in a single day.</div><div><br></div><div>Of the new patients, 1,239 were admitted to hospitals in Dhaka and the rest outside it.</div><div><br></div><div>A total of 6,656 dengue patients, including 3,839 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country.</div><div><br></div><div>So far, the DGHS has recorded 30,685 dengue cases and 23,862 recoveries this year.</div><div><br></div><div>The country logged 281 dengue deaths in 2022 – the highest on record after 179 deaths recorded in 2019. Also, it recorded 62,423 dengue cases and 61,971 recoveries last year. According to UNB reports&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>