Staff Reporter:
Health officials yesterday said they recorded 437 fresh cases of dengue onslaughts killing at least three persons in the past 24 hours.
“During the period, (of the 437) 113 patients were hospitalized in Barisal division, 81 in Chattogram division, 76 in Dhaka division excluding the capital, 83 in Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) and 53 in Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) areas, 10 in Mymensingh division, 48 in Rajshahi division and two in Sylhet division,” a Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) statement said yesterday.
Since the start of the dengue onslaughts in Bangladesh this year witnessed so far 125 deaths, while the disease inflicted 32,501.
The dengue last year claimed 575 lives and infected 101,214 people in the country.
