Six people died of dengue and 926 others were hospitalised across the country in 24 hours till Sunday morning, according to the Directorate General of Health Services data.

Including the latest, the death from dengue infection reached 131 since January and hospitalisation to 24,034 as both infections and deaths due to dengue continued to rise.

Of the latest deaths, two in each Dhaka South and North City corporations, one in each Barishal and Chattogram divisions.

Of the deceased, three are women and three are men.

Fourteen people died of dengue in January, three in February, five in March, two in April, two in May, eight in June, 12 in July, 27 in August and 48 in the first 22 days of September.

Of the hospitalisation this year, 1,055 were reported in January, 339 in February, 311 in March, 504 in April, 644 in May, 798 in June, 2,669 in July, 6,521 in August and 11,193 in first 22 days of September.

Entomologists observed that dengue patients are on the rise largely due to the inactivity of the authorities concerned amid the ongoing monsoon.

Entomologists feared that dengue fatality might get pick in October as rain till continued. The dengue season might prolonged to November if the authorities did not gave proper attention.