One dengue patient died, and 16 infected patients were hospitalised in the last 24 hours preceding 8:00am today.

The death was reported from at a hospital in Dhaka South City Corporation.

With the latest, the total number of deaths rose to 12 while that of cases rose to 1,340 this year, according to the Directorate General of Health Services.

Currently, 94 dengue patients are undergoing treatment, 59 of whom are from outside Dhaka.

A total of 1,234 patients have been released till yesterday, 799 of which are from outside Dhaka.