Eight dengue patients died and 1,429 were hospitalized in the last 24 hours.
With the latest death, a total of 1,528 people died of dengue to date this year, a Directorate General of Health Services press release said on Thursday.
Currently, 5,558 people diagnosed with the mosquito-borne disease are taking treatment at different government and private hospitals in and outside the capital of Dhaka.
Of them, 1,457 are being treated at the facilities in the capital while 4,101 are in other divisions.
As many as 2,98,094 dengue patients were admitted to hospitals across the country since January 1 this year.
Some 2,91,008 out of the hospitalized patients, however, recovered during the period.