<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">One more person died from dengue in the 24 hours till 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 40 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, forty-six more people were hospitalised with dengue in the same period.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Of the new patients, thirty-six were admitted to hospitals in Dhaka and the rest outside it</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A total of 1, 382dengue patients, including 1, 073 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 6, 339 dengue cases, 4, 917 recoveries, and 40 deaths this year.</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>