A total of eleven more patients died from dengue in 24 hours till Monday morning, raising the fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in the country to 1,017 this year.
According to the Directorate General of Health Service (DGHS) during the period, 2,595 more patients were hospitalised with the viral fever.
Of the new patients, 607 were admitted to hospitals in Dhaka and the rest outside the capital--indicating a worsening situation across the country, DGHS said.
A total of 9,283 dengue patients, including 3,120 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country.
So far, the DGHS has recorded 208,884 dengue cases and 198,584 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.
