Eleven dengue patients died in the country in 24 hours till Sunday morning, raising the fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 398 this year.
According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) some 2,905 more patients were hospitalised with the viral fever during the period.
Of the new patients, 1,042 were admitted to hospitals in Dhaka and the rest outside it.
A total of 9,733 dengue patients, including 4,335 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country.
So far, the DGHS has recorded 85,411 dengue cases and 75,280 recoveries this year.
Last year, a total of 281 patients died due to the mosquito-borne disease.
