Seven people have died of dengue and 1,872 have been hospitalised across Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The figures cover the period from 8:00am on Friday to 8:00am on Saturday, the DGHS said in a press release issued on Saturday.
Of the newly hospitalised patients, 865 were in Dhaka division, 260 in Chittagong, 233 in Khulna, 199 in Barisal, 176 in Rajshahi, 67 in Mymensingh, 59 in Rangpur and 13 in Sylhet.
Since the beginning of this year, 110,312 people have been hospitalised with dengue across the country. Of them, 104,199 have recovered and been discharged, while 5,771 remain under treatment in hospitals.
The mosquito-borne disease has claimed 342 lives nationwide so far this year, the DGHS added.
