<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">With five more deaths reported in 24 hours till Wednesday morning, this year’s fatalities from Dengue climbed to 187.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>This year’s fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease reached 182 on Tuesday, exceeding all previous records in Bangladesh.</div><div><br></div><div>During the 24-hr period, 796 patients were hospitalised with the viral fever, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).</div><div><br></div><div>Of the latest deaths, three were reported from Dhaka and one each from Chattogram and Khulna divisions.</div><div><br></div><div>The new figures raised the death toll in Dhaka division to 117, in Chattogram division to 45 and in Khulna to&nbsp; 10.</div><div><br></div><div>Of the new patients, 459 were admitted to different hospitals in Dhaka and 337 outside it, according to the DGHS.</div><div><br></div><div>A total of 3,144 dengue patients, including 1,915 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country.</div><div><br></div><div>The directorate has recorded 45,598 dengue cases and 42,267 recoveries so far this year.</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier the country recorded the highest 179 deaths from Dengue in a year in 2019. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>