Dhaka, Nov. 9 -- Six more people have died of dengue infection in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, while 1,195 patients have been newly hospitalised.

This raises the total yearly death toll to 313 until now, while hospital admissions from the Aedes mosquito-borne disease have risen to 78,543.

According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) bulletin on Sunday, of the six dengue deaths reported in the past 24 hours, two were from Dhaka North City Corporation, two from Dhaka South City Corporation, and two from Barishal Division.

In the first six days of November, the fever has claimed 35 lives and infected 8,681 people.

October saw 22,520 dengue hospitalisations and the highest monthly death toll, with 80 fatalities.

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