<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Two more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Thursday morning, raising the fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 64 this year.</span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">During the period, 661 more patients were hospitalised with the viral fever, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Of the new patients, 433 were admitted to hospitals in Dhaka and the rest outside it, according to DGHS.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A total of 2, 129 dengue patients, including 1, 490 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;">So far, the DGHS has recorded 11, 116 dengue cases, 8, 923 recoveries.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Read: This year’s dengue death toll rises to 62 with another death in 24 hours</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">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. UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>