Ten more people have died of dengue and 1,943 others were hospitalised across Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, according to a bulletin issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on Thursday.
Of the latest fatalities, four were reported in Dhaka South City Corporation, three in Dhaka North City Corporation, two in Chattogram division and one in Dhaka division.
Seven of the deceased were women and three were men.
The country also recorded 10 dengue deaths on 6 October.
According to DGHS data, the latest fatalities have raised the country’s dengue death toll to 331 since January.
A total of 107,259 dengue cases have been recorded nationwide so far this year.
