<div style="text-align: justify; "><b><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Five more deaths from dengue in 24 hours till Friday morning raised this year’s fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 128.</span><br></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">During the period, 440 more patients were hospitalised with the viral fever as cases keep rising, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Two deaths were reported from Madaripur and Narsingdi, while another was from Chattogram raising the death toll in Chattogram to 38.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The dengue death toll increased to 73 in Dhaka and five in Khulna, while it remained unchanged at five in Barishal and three in Mymensingh division.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Of the new patients, 279 were admitted to different hospitals in Dhaka and 161 outside it, 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 3,539 dengue patients, including 2,280 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 directorate has recorded 35,262 dengue cases and 31,595 recoveries so far this year. UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>