Online Desk: One more person died from dengue fever across the country during the last 24 hours till Sunday morning. As a result, the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease rose to 14 this year. The new death was reported in the capital.

According to the latest data from the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), some 32 patients were hospitalised during the period, raising the number affected people to 853 this year.

Among the new cases, eight were reported in the capital and 24 were outside it. A total of 148 patients were undergoing treatment at the different hospitals throughout the country, the DGHS data said.

The country witnessed the record highest 1,705 dengue deaths in the last year (2023) while 2022 reported 281 fatalities. Additionally, a total of 3,21,179 patients were admitted at different hospitals across the country with the viral fever and 3,18,749 were released from there last year.