Online Desk: Deadly dengue has claimed the lives of 13 more patients while 2,742 have been admitted to hospitals across the country during the last 24 hours till 8:00am on Tuesday.

With the latest figure, a total of 340 dengue patients died in the country and 72,225 were admitted to hospitals between January 1 and August 8 this year, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) data. Of the new death, 11 were inhabitants of Dhaka city while the rest two were from outside Dhaka.

Officials at the DGHS said dengue patients mostly come from Jatrabari, Mugda, Kadamtali, Jurain, Maniknagar, and Sabujbagh areas of the Dhaka South City Corporation. Besides, most dengue patients from Uttara, Mirpur, Mohammadpur, Tejgaon, and Badda areas were hospitalised in the Dhaka North City Corporation.

Sufficient kits for dengue tests have been provided to all hospitals. If necessary, the disease control department of DGHS will take further measures, an official added.