The number of dengue fever victims in Bangladesh has risen to 541 since January. This was reported by the South Asian nation's Directorate General of Health Services. According to its data, five residents of Dhaka have died of the viral fever in the last 24 hours, while 344 sick people have been hospitalized across the country. Hospitals are treating 1,840 patients with fever symptoms. Since January 1, 2024, the number of reported dengue cases has reached nearly 98,000. The first major outbreak of the fever in Bangladesh occurred in 2000 and since then, the death rate from the disease has remained high every year. In 2023, the number of deaths from the fever reached 1,705, with the number of infected people totaling 321,179. Dengue usually spreads in the country from June to September, during the monsoon season, but this year's outbreak has continued until now. The growth of dengue patients is increasing despite increased measures by the country's authorities to control the breeding of dengue-carrying mosquitoes.