Dhaka, Nov. 13 -- Dengue has claimed two more lives in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll this year to 483.

Hospitals have admitted a further 1,255 patients with the mosquito-borne disease.

The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said on Friday that both latest deaths were reported at hospitals in Dhaka Division.

With the latest admissions, the number of dengue patients treated in hospitals this year has risen to 158,883.

Of the new patients, 434 were admitted in Dhaka Division, 267 in Chattogram, 160 in Khulna, 147 in Barishal, 89 in Rajshahi, 76 each in Rangpur and Mymensingh, and six in Sylhet.

The DGHS has been keeping records of dengue-related hospital admissions and deaths since 2000.

The highest ...