4 more die of Dengue
Dengue death hits 391 this year

Staff Reporter:

Five more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Wednesday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 391 this year.
The recent fatalities occurred in the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), Dhaka North City Corpora-tion (DNCC) and Mymensingh Division, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
During the period, 490 more patients were hospitalized with viral fever, raising the number of con-firmed cases to 96, 067 this year.
Last year, dengue claimed the lives of 575 people.
According to the DGHS, there were 101,214 dengue cases and 100,040 recoveries in the same year.