Ten more dengue patients died and 1,448 were hospitalised in the country in the last 24 hours.
With this, a total of 85,712 dengue cases and 448 deaths from the mosquito-borne disease were reported from January 1 to November 23 this year, a Directorate General of Health Services press release said on Saturday.
Of the dead, four were from Dhaka district, three from Dhaka South City Corporation, one from Dhaka North City Corporation, one from Chattogram, and another from Barishal, according to the release.
Last year, the country recorded 1,705 deaths from the disease which was the highest fatality in a year.
Besides, 3,21,179 dengue cases were reported in the same year.
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