<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>Another dengue patient died in 24 hours till Saturday morning, raising this year’s death toll from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 56.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Besides, 635&nbsp; patients were hospitalised with the viral fever as cases keep rising, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).</div><div><br></div><div>The latest death was reported from Barishal division raising the death toll in the division to 5.</div><div><br></div><div>The dengue death toll in Dhaka division remained unchanged at 27 and in Chattogram division at 24.</div><div><br></div><div>Of the new patients,518 were admitted to different hospitals in Dhaka and 117 outside it, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).</div><div><br></div><div>A total of 2,158 dengue patients, including 1,658 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>So far, the directorate has recorded 16,727 dengue cases and 14,513 recoveries this year. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>