<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Another dengue patient died in 24 hours till Tuesday morning, raising this year’s death toll from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 54.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>During this period, 460 more patients were hospitalised with the viral fever as cases have continued to increase, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).</div><div><br></div><div>The latest death was reported from Dhaka division raising the death toll in the division to 27.</div><div><br></div><div>The dengue death toll in Chattogram division remained unchanged at 23 and in Barishal division at four.</div><div><br></div><div>Of the new patients, 320 were admitted to different hospitals in Dhaka and 140 outside it.</div><div><br></div><div>A total of 1,738 dengue patients, including 1,314 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country.</div><div><br></div><div>On June 21, the DGHS reported the first death of the season from the viral disease.</div><div><br></div><div>This year, the directorate has recorded 14,822 dengue cases and 13,030 recoveries so far. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>