Six more people died from dengue across the country in the 24 hours until 8:00am on Tuesday, while 2,010 new patients were hospitalised with the mosquito-borne disease.
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) confirmed the figures in a press release issued on Tuesday.
Of the newly hospitalised patients, 943 were in Dhaka Division, 245 in Chittagong, 235 in Khulna, 219 each in Rajshahi and Barisal, 65 in Rangpur, 60 in Mymensingh and 24 in Sylhet.
Since the beginning of this year, a total of 140,909 people have been admitted to hospitals with dengue across the country, according to the DGHS.
Of them, 134,594 have recovered and been discharged, while 5,876 patients are currently receiving treatment at hospitals.
The dengue death toll this year has reached 439.
