Four more people died of dengue in the last 24 hours till Sunday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease to 263 this year.
During the same period, 1,143 new patients were hospitalised with dengue, bringing the total number of infections to 65,440 since January, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Last year, the total number of 575 deaths from the dengue disease were reported.
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