321 more hospitalised with dengue

The number of dengue cases crossed 14,000 marks yesterday.

According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), at least 321 people were hospitalised with dengue in the last 24 hours till 8am yesterday.

Among the new cases, 75 are from outside Dhaka.

According to the DGHS, 54 people have died of dengue infection in the country this year. Twelve people died in July while 34 have died in August and eight in September so far.

With the new cases, a total of 3,865 were diagnosed during the running month out of total 14,221 infected.