<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Thirty-eight more people were hospitalised with dengue in 24 hours till Monday morning.</span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The official death toll from the mosquito-borne disease remained unchanged at 281 as no death was recorded during the period, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Of the new patients, 22 were admitted to the hospitals of Dhaka and 16 outside it, said DGHS.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A total of 228 dengue patients, including 137 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Also read: Dengue in Bangladesh: 14 new patients hospitalised in 24hrs</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The DGHS has recorded 62,423 dengue cases and 61,971 recoveries in the past year and the first day of the New Year. UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>