<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Two more dengue patients died in 24 hours till Friday morning, raising this year’s death toll from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 50.</span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">During this period, 125 more patients were hospitalised with the viral fever as cases have continued to increase, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).</span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The latest deaths were reported from Dhaka division raising the death in the division to 23.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The dengue death toll in Chattogram division remained unchanged at 23 and in Barishal division at four.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Of the new patients, 92 were admitted to different hospitals in Dhaka and 33 outside it.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A total of 1,514 dengue patients, including 1,174 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;">On June 21, the DGHS reported the first death of the season from the viral disease.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This year, the directorate has recorded 13,000 dengue cases and 11,436 recoveries so far. UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>