Five more people died from dengue and 1,920 patients were admitted to hospitals across Bangladesh with the mosquito-borne disease in the 24 hours to Wednesday.

With the latest deaths, the number of fatalities from dengue this year has risen to 321. Of them, 76 deaths were reported in the first 13 days of October.

The total number of hospitalisations from the disease this year has reached 105,316, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

In its regular bulletin issued on Wednesday, the DGHS said 170 patients were admitted to hospitals in Dhaka North City Corporation areas and 241 in Dhaka South City Corporation areas during the 24 hours from 8am on Tuesday.

Outside the two city corporation areas, 413 patients were admitted to hospitals in other parts of Dhaka division.

Among other divisions, 215 patients were admitted in Barishal, 256 in Chattogram, 254 in Khulna, 114 in Mymensingh, 170 in Rajshahi, 70 in Rangpur and 17 in Sylhet.