Twenty-four dengue patients died in the last 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday, the highest number of single-day casualties from the mosquito-borne disease in the country, taking the death toll past the 1,500-mark this year.

1,623 hospitalised in a day

At least 12 more dengue patients died, seven of them from Dhaka, in the last 24 hours till yesterday morning.

Of the deaths, seven were reported in the capital

1,484 deaths, 2,93,572 cases this year

1,476 deaths, 2,91,832 cases this year

1,466 deaths, 2,90,084 cases this year

Eleven more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till this morning, raising the fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 1,460 this year.

US health authorities on Thursday approved the world's first vaccine for chikungunya, a virus spread by infected mosquitoes that the Food and Drug Administration called "an emerging global health threat".

Seventeen more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till yesterday morning, raising the fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease to 1,449 this year.

Approximately 2-3 children die every hour from pneumonia in Bangladesh, according to icddr,b.

Approximately 2-3 children die every hour from pneumonia in Bangladesh, according to icddr,b

Of the 17 deaths, four were reported in the capital

At least seven more people died from dengue in the 24 hours preceding 8:00am yesterday as the country grapples with a record outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease.

Of the deaths, three were reported in the capital

1,425 deaths, 2,83,593 cases this year

1,417 deaths, 2,81,698 cases this year

15 die, 2,103 hospitalised in a day

Of the deaths, seven were reported outside of the capital

Dengue has emerged as a year-round threat in recent years, in contrast to the common understanding that the mosquito-borne fever occurs mainly during the monsoon.