A 27-year-old youth has died of dengue fever in Bengaluru, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) health bulletin confirmed on Monday.
This is the first dengue-related fatality in Bengaluru this year.
Five dengue-related deaths have been reported from other districts, including Hassan, Shivamogga, Dharwad, and Haveri.
On Friday, the BBMP suspected that the youth and an 80-year-old woman had died due to dengue in the state capital.