Staff Reporter:
At least six Dengue patients were dead and 953 fresh cases reported by the Health Department in last 24 hours till Sunday morning across the country.
“During the period, (of the 953) 141 patients were hospitalized in Barishal division, 107 in Chattogram division, 197 in Dhaka division excluding the capital, 122 in Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) and 147 in Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) areas, 93 in Khulna division, 46 in Mymensingh division, 69 in Rajshahi division, 23 in Rangpur division and eight 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 230 deaths while the dis-ease inflicted 54,559.
The dengue last year claimed 575 lives and inflicted 1,01,214 people in the country.
