Dhaka, Nov. 4 -- Another six people have died from dengue and 1,866 have been hospitalised with the mosquito-borne disease over the past 24 hours across Bangladesh.

According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), the latest fatalities take this year's toll to 445, including 26 in the first four days of November.

The disease killed 174 people in October and 148 in September.

Of the new hospital admissions recorded between 8am Tuesday and the following 24 hours, Dhaka Division accounted for 868.

The other divisions reported 271 admissions in Rajshahi, 256 in Chattogram, 215 in Khulna, 206 in Barishal, 71 in Rangpur, 66 in Mymensingh and 13 in Sylhet.

According to the DGHS bulletin, a total of 142,775 dengue patients hav...