Dhaka, April 5 -- Another person has died of Aedes mosquito-borne dengue fever in Bangladesh over the past 24 hours after a break of 47 days.

With that, the number of deaths from the illness has risen to 14.

The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) last reported a dengue-related death on Feb 17.

The DGHS said another 10 new patients were hospitalised with the infection across the country until 8am on Saturday, taking the number of total hospitalisations to 1,902.

The latest victim had been under treatment at a hospital in Dhaka South City Corporation, the agency said.

Four new patients were hospitalised in the Dhaka metropolitan area over the past 24 hours, alongside one in the Khulna Division and five in the Barishal Divisi...