Another dengue patient died in 24 hours till Sunday morning, raising this year's death toll from the mosquito-borne disease to 68.
During this period, 334 more patients were hospitalised with viral fever as cases keep rising, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The latest death was reported from Dhaka division raising the death toll in the division to 36. Meanwhile, the death toll in Chattogram division remained unchanged at 27 and in Barishal division at five.
Of the new patients, 241 were admitted to different hospitals in Dhaka and 93 outside it, reports UNB.
A total of 2,348 dengue patients, including 1,765 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country.
This year, the directorate has recorded 20,569dengue cases and 18,153recoveries so far.