Staff Reporter:
Health officials yesterday said they recorded 425 fresh cases of dengue onslaughts killing at least three persons in the past 24 hours till Tuesday morning with most patients reporting in health facilities in southwestern Barishal region.
“During the period, (of the 425) 120 patients were hospitalized in Barishal division” which appeared to have been the worst victim of the mosquito carried diseases, a Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) statement said.
It said among the rests, 98 were hospitalized in Chattogram division, 36 in Dhaka division excluding the capital, 55 in Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) and 38 in Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) areas, 18 in Khulna division, 11 in Mymensingh division, 48 in Rajshahi division and one in Sylhet Di-vision.
Since the start of the dengue onslaughts Bangladesh this year witnessed so far 51 deaths while 11,786 dengue cases were reported.
The DGHS, however, said 377 patients were discharged from different hospitals across the country after their recovery.
The dengue last year claimed 575 lives and infected 1,01,214 people in the country.
