A record 3,122 dengue patients were admitted to hospital in the 24 hours till 8 am on Sunday and 18 more people died due to the fever.
This is the highest number of people admitted to hospital with dengue in a single day, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said in its regular update.
The previous highest number of hospitalizations was recorded on September 10 as 2,993 patients were hospitalized that day.