Five people died of dengue and 1,366 new patients were hospitalised across the country in the 24 hours to Tuesday morning.

With the latest fatalities, the dengue death toll has risen to 357 in the country this year, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Of the new deaths, two were reported in Dhaka North City Corporation area and Barishal division each and one was recorded in Rangpur division, it said.

Of the total fatalities, 53.1 percent were female and 46.9 percent were male.

Since January 1 this year, a total of 115,617 dengue patients were admitted to hospitals across the country. Of them, 109,316 have recovered.