DHAKA: Dengue fever claimed nine lives in Bangladesh on Sunday, marking the country’s highest single-day death toll this year and bringing the total fatalities to 212, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said.

The data showed Bangladesh also recorded its highest single-day dengue admissions this year, with 1,042 patients hospitalized in the past 24 hours as of 8:00 a.m. local time Sunday, raising the total number of cases of the mosquito-borne disease to 49,907 so far this year.

In order to curb the further spread of dengue, Bangladeshi health authorities have strengthened measures to check the breeding of mosquitoes and conduct anti-larval operations.

Bangladesh logged 1,705 dengue-related deaths in 2023, marking the highest annual death toll.

Dengue fever, typically a monsoon-season illness in Bangladesh, is now spreading beyond its usual June-September period.