Staff Reporter:
At least six Dengue patients were dead and 1,195 fresh cases of dengue reported in the past 24 hours till Sunday morning.
According to the DGHS statistics of the six people, two died in areas with purview of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), two in Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and two in Barishal district.
“Out of the 1,195 fresh cases, 155 patients were hospitalized in Barishal division, 132 in Chattogram division, 278 in Dhaka division excluding the capital, 115 in Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) and 220 in Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) areas, 114 in Khulna division, 59 in Mymensingh divi-sion, 113 in Rajshahi division and nine 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 313 deaths while the dis-ease inflicted 78,543.
The dengue last year claimed 575 lives and inflicted 1,01,214 people in the country.
