Eight more people have died of dengue across the country in the 24 hours from 8am Monday to 8am Tuesday, while 1,595 new patients were admitted to hospitals with the mosquito-borne disease.
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) disclosed the figures in a notification on Tuesday.
According to the notification, among the new patients, 565 were admitted in Dhaka division, 73 in Mymensingh, 206 in Chittagong, 220 in Khulna, 229 in Rajshahi, 71 in Rangpur, 211 in Barisal and 20 in Sylhet.
Since the beginning of this year, a total of 153,768 people have been hospitalised with dengue across the country.
Of them, 147,158 have been discharged, while 6,136 are currently receiving treatment at hospitals.
The total number of dengue-related deaths this year has reached 474.
