A total of seven more people died from dengue while 349 patients with the viral fever were hospitalised in the country in last 24 hours till Wednesday morning.
According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), the death toll from the mosquito-borne disease rose to 1,674 this year.
A total of 1,891 dengue patients, including 540 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country.
So far, the DGHS has recorded 3,18,305 dengue cases and 3,14,740 recoveries this year.
September has so far been the deadliest month for the dengue outbreak this year with 396 fatalities and 79,598 cases, according to DGHS data.
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