Two more dengue patients died in last 24 hours till Wednesday morning, raising the fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 1,641 this year.
According to the Directorate General of Heath Services (DGHS) some 566 more patients were hospitalised with the viral fever during the period.
A total of 2,614 dengue patients, including 688 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country.
So far, the DGHS has recorded 3,15,623 dengue cases and 3,11,368 recoveries this year.
September has so far been the deadliest month for the dengue outbreak this year with 396 fatalities and 79,598 cases, according to DGHS data.
