Online Desk: Sixteen more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Wednesday morning, raising the fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 1046 this year.

During the period, 2,564 more patients were hospitalised with the viral fever, according to the DGHS. Of the new patients, 720 were admitted to hospitals in Dhaka and the rest outside the capital–indicating a worsening situation across the country, DGHS said.

A total of 9,284 dengue patients, including 2,945 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country. So far, the DGHS has recorded 214,247 dengue cases and 203,917 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.