Five more people died of dengue in the 24 hours till Wednesday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease to 323 this year.
During the same period, 1,139 new patients were hospitalised with dengue, bringing the total number of infections to 81,773 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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