Dengue has claimed three more lives till Monday morning. With the latest fatalities, the death toll from dengue climbled to 205.
During this period, 760 patients were hospitalized with the viral fever, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Among the latest deaths, one each was reported from Dhaka, Chittagong and Khulna taking the death tolls in these three divisions to 122, 52 and 11 respectively.
Meanwhile death toll remained unchanged at nine in Barisal, six in Rajshahi, and five in Mymensingh divisions.
Of the new patients, 425 were admitted to different hospitals in Dhaka and 335 outside it, according to DGHS.
A total of 2,989 dengue patients, including 1,767 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country.The directorate has recorded 49,300 dengue cases and 46,106 recoveries so far this year, reports UNB.
This year's fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease reached 182 on Tuesday, exceeding all previous records in Bangladesh.
Earlier, the country recorded the highest 179 deaths from dengue in a year in 2019.