<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Another 506 patients were hospitalised with dengue in 24 hours till Thursday morning.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Of the new patients, 367 were admitted to different hospitals in Dhaka and 139 outside it.</div><div><br></div><div>A total of 1,874 dengue patients, including 1,427 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country.</div><div><br></div><div>This year’s death toll from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh rose to 55 on Wednesday with another death reported from Chattogram.</div><div><br></div><div>Of the total deaths, 27 were reported from Dhaka division, 24 from Chattogram and four from Barishal division.</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 15,852 dengue cases and 13,923 recoveries so far. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>