At least one more person died of dengue at Dhaka Medical College Hospital in the past 24 hours till Friday morning, taking the official death toll to 33 across the country since January this year.
The Directorate General of Health Services data showed that at least 176 dengue patients were admitted to the DMCH this year.
Of them, 10 died at the health facility.
Of the deceased this year, 14 died in January, three in February, five in March, two in April and nine in 17 days of May, said a DGHS press release.
In the past 24 hours ending at 8:00am on Friday, 12 dengue patients were hospitalised across the country and the number of hospitalisation from the mosquito-borne viral disease rose to 2, 581 this year.
Of the hospitalisation this year, 1,055 were reported in January, 339 in February, 311 in March, 504 in April, and 372 in 17 days of May.
At least 135 dengue patients are now undergoing treatment at different hospitals across the country.
Dengue killed 1,705 people and sent 3,21,179 people to hospitals in 2023 alone against 853 deaths and 2,44,246 hospitalisation between 2000 and 2022, the DGHS data showed.
A dengue outbreak was first officially reported in the country in 2000 when 93 people died and 5,551 patients were hospitalised, according to DGHS data.