Six more people died from dengue in Bangladesh in the 24 hours to Sunday morning, while 2,088 patients were admitted to hospitals across the country.
With the latest fatalities, the dengue death toll has risen to 348 in the country this year, including 103 fatalities in the first 17 days of October, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
September recorded the highest monthly death toll, at 148, followed by 43 in August, 36 in July, 13 in June and one in May.
Two deaths each were recorded in January and February.
According to the bulletin, 2,088 patients were admitted to hospitals between 8am Saturday and 8am Sunday, taking the total number of hospital admissions this year to 102,400.
During the same period, 1,827 patients recovered and were discharged. So far this year, 98,899 patients have recovered and returned home.
Dhaka division recorded the highest number of new admissions, at 1,058. The figures for other divisions were 290 in Khulna, 200 in Rajshahi, 199 in Barisal, 161 in Chittagong, 93 in Mymensingh and 72 in Rangpur.