Forty three new dengue patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country in the last 24 hours till 8am on Friday.

Twenty  six of them were hospitalised in Dhaka, the Directorate General of Health Services said in a regular update.

A total of 100,567 people were hospitalised with dengue since January.

Among those who were hospitalised, 99,959 made full recovery and went home, the DGHS said.

Currently, 344 patients, including 210 in the capital, are being treated at different hospitals.

The Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research has received264 reports of dengue-related deaths. It has reviewed 204 of them and confirmed 129 deaths.