Staff Reporter:
Health Department recorded three deaths of Dengue and 580 fresh cases in the past 24 hours till Sunday morning with most cases in southwestern Barishal region.
“During the period, (of the 580) 128 patients were hospitalized in Barishal division, 94 in Chattogram division, 85 in Dhaka division excluding the capital, 80 in Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) and 85 in Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) areas, 32 in Khulna division, 17 in Mymensingh division, 55 in Rajshahi division, three in Rangpur division and one in Sylhet division, a Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) statement said.
Since the start of the dengue onslaughts Bangladesh this year witnessed so far 135 deaths while the dis-ease inflicted 34,411.
The dengue last year claimed 575 lives and inflicted 1,01,214 people in the country.
