<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">One more person died from dengue in the 24 hours to Friday morning.</span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">With the new number, the official death toll from dengue rose to two this year, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Also, 10 people were hospitalised with the mosquito-borne disease. Of the new patients, four were admitted to hospitals in Dhaka and six outside it.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">One hundred and twenty-seven dengue patients, including 53 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 370 dengue cases and 241 recoveries so far this year.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The country recorded 281 dengue deaths in 2022 – the highest on record after 179 deaths recorded in 2019.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The DGHS recorded 62,423 dengue cases and 61,971 recoveries in the past year. UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>