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The death toll from mosquito-borne dengue fever has risen by 12 in the past 24 hours, including five in Dhaka until Monday morning, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
With these additional fatalities, the total casualties have reached 1,181, including 735 in Dhaka.
During the same period, 2,475 hospitalisations were recorded across the country, with 539 of them in Dhaka, as reported by the DGHS.
Unfortunately, the dengue situation continues to worsen, with a growing number of deaths and cases.
Health authorities are also witnessing an increase in new cases outside of Dhaka, with DGHS reporting 1,936 new hospitalisations in these areas.
The report estimates that the mortality rate among hospitalised patients is approximately 0.5 per cent.
Last year, 281 people died due to dengue, the second highest in the history of the country.
Meanwhile, the total number of dengue cases has risen to 242,089, with Dhaka alone accounting for 92,544 cases, according to DGHS.
In Dhaka, there were 53,141 male patients and 39,403 female patients. Outside Dhaka, there were 92,943 male patients and 56,602 female patients.
Currently, there are 8,149 patients receiving treatment in hospitals across the country, with 2,391 of them in Dhaka.
Of the total number of patients admitted, 232,759 have recovered and returned home, including 89,418 from Dhaka.