Four more people died of dengue in the last 24 hours till Tuesday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease to 273 this year.
During the same period, 1,041 new patients were hospitalised with dengue, bringing the total number of infections to 67,464 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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