Five more people died of dengue in the 24 hours till Sunday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease to 230 this year.
During the same period, 953 new patients were hospitalised with dengue, bringing the total number of infections to 54,559 since January, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Last year, a total of 575 deaths from the dengue disease were reported.
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