Staff Reporter:
Health officials yesterday said they recorded 514 fresh cases of dengue onslaughts in the past 24 hours till Saturday morning.
“During the period, (of the 514) 115 patients were hospitalized in Barishal division, 90 in Chattogram division, 111 in Dhaka division excluding the capital, 95 in Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) and 40 in Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) areas, 15 in Mymensingh division and eight in Rajshahi division, a Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) statement said.
Since the start of the dengue onslaughts Bangladesh this year witnessed so far 188 deaths while the dis-ease inflicted 45,206.
The dengue last year claimed 575 lives and inflicted 1,01,214 people in the country.
