Dhaka, Feb. 28 -- As many as six new patients have been hospitalised with dengue fever while no fatalities were reported from the Aedes mosquito-borne disease across Bangladesh over the past 24 hours.

The number of patients hospitalised with the disease this year has risen to 1,535.

The total deaths this year from the illness remains unchanged at 13.

The Directorate General of Health Services, or DGHS, said as many as one new patient was hospitalised in the Dhaka metropolitan area until Friday.

In addition, three were hospitalised in the Dhaka Division, one in the Chattogram Division, and one in the Barishal Division.

As many as 61 patients are currently undergoing treatment for dengue in hospitals across the country.

Of them, 26 ar...