73 more hospitalised with dengue

At least 73 dengue patients were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday of whom 15 are from outside Dhaka, according to DGHS.

With the new cases, the total number of dengue cases rose to 27,153. Ninety eight people have died of dengue infection this year. Twelve people have died in July, 34 in August, 23 in September, 22 in October and seven in November.