<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Thirty-nine more people were hospitalised with dengue in the 24 hours to Friday morning.</span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">However, the official death toll from the mosquito-borne disease remained unchanged at 274 – the highest on record after the 179 deaths recorded in 2019 – as no fatalities were reported during this period, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A total of 516 dengue patients, including 287 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The DGHS has recorded 61,883 dengue cases and 61,093 recoveries so far this year. UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>