, Oct. 15 -- Ten people died of dengue in Bangladesh in the 24 hours to Thursday morning, matching the highest single-day death toll from the mosquito-borne disease this year, while 1,943 new cases were reported.

The latest fatalities have raised the country's dengue death toll to 331 this year, while the new cases have taken the total number of infections to 107,259, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Of the deaths, four were reported in Dhaka South City Corporation area, three in Dhaka North City Corporation area, two in Chattogram division and one was recorded in Dhaka division, it said.

Earlier, on October 6, the country recorded 10 deaths from dengue.

Since January 1, a total of 107,259 dengue patient...