Dengue: 4 more die, 745 new cases detected in 24 hours

"We recorded deaths of four dengue patients in 24 hours ending at 8 am today," a spokesman of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said adding his office simultaneously recorded 745 fresh cases of dengue onslaughts during the same period.

According to the DGHS statistics, one died in areas with purview of Chattogram division, two in Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) and one in Mymensingh division.

"Out of the 745 fresh cases, 125 patients were hospitalized in Barishal division, 89 in Chattogram division, 154 in Dhaka division excluding the capital, 127 in Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) and 116 in Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) areas, 32 in Khulna division, 53 in Mymensingh division, 48 in Rajshahi 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 353 deaths while the disease inflicted 88,457, reports BSS. 

The dengue last year claimed 575 lives and inflicted 1,01,214 people in the country.