Online Desk: Eight more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Monday morning, raising the fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 1,606 this year.

During the period, 920 more patients were hospitalized with the viral fever, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Of the new patients, 209 were admitted to hospitals in Dhaka and 701 were hospitalized outside it, according to DGHS.

A total of 3,493 dengue patients, including 1,011 in the capital and 2,482 outside Dhaka, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country.

The country recorded 281 dengue deaths in 2022, the highest on record after the 179 deaths recorded in 2019. Additionally, the DGHS recorded 62,423 dengue cases and 61,971 recoveries last year.