<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">With three more deaths from dengue recorded in 24 hours till Wednesday morning, the official death toll from the mosquito-borne disease rose to 240 this year.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>During this time, 477 more patients, including 266 in Dhaka city, were hospitalised, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).</div><div><br></div><div>Among the latest deaths, two were reported from Dhaka division while another from Chattogram division.</div><div><br></div><div>The latest numbers took Dhaka division’s death toll to 147 and Chattogram division’s to 58.</div><div><br></div><div>A total of 2,082 dengue patients, including 1,175 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country, reports UNB</div><div><br></div><div>The DGHS has recorded 54,405 dengue cases and 52,083 recoveries so far this year.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>