The dead was identified as Tofael Ahmed, 50. He was admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Sunday and died on Monday night.

Death toll from Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever stood at 15 and 914 patients were hospitalised since the outbreak of dengue fever in May this year.

Of the 53 dengue patients hospitalised in 48 hours, DMCH admitted 11, Dhaka Shishu Hospital five, Holy Family Red Crescent Hospital 19, Shaheed Suhrawardy Hospital three, Central Hospital nine, Samorita Hospital four and All Care Hospital two.

Meanwhile, Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) has geared up its cleanliness drive in areas identified as 'risk' areas. Experts, however, said this is not enough.

Except a few, all the 90 wards of DCC have high density of Aedes mosquito which transmits dengue virus. Density of Ades population was the highest in Dhaka University areas, followed by that in most places in old city.

Kalabagan, Central Road, Elephant Road, Mirpur, Hazaribagh, north Dhanmondi and Kanthalbagan areas were also found to have very high density of Aedes.

Experts alleged that DCC authorities are not doing enough to combat dengue attack although their own study revealed that the city faces a threat of dengue epidemic.