Five more dengue patients died and 570 were hospitalised in the country in the last 24 hours.
With this, a total of 94,884 dengue cases and 514 deaths from the mosquito-borne disease were reported from January 1 to December 5 this year, a Directorate General of Health Services press release said on Thursday, December 5.
Of the dead, three were from Dhaka South City Corporation, and two others from Dhaka division, 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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