Another 145 dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours till Friday morning.

Of them, 140 were admitted to different hospitals of Dhaka and five outside it, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

A total of 993 dengue patients, including 770 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country.

This year’s death toll from the mosquito-borne viral disease rose to 31 on Tuesday with five more deaths reported from Dhaka, Chattogram and Cox’s Bazar districts.

Of the deceased, 15 were from Cox’s Bazar, 13 from Dhaka, two from Barishal and another from Chattogram.

On June 21, the DGHS reported the first death of the season from the viral disease.

This year, the directorate has recorded 8,096 dengue cases and 7,132 recoveries so far.