Dengue: 7 more die, 567 new hospitalised in 24 hours

"We recorded deaths of seven 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 567 fresh cases of dengue onslaughts during the same period.

According to the DGHS statistics, one died in areas with purview of Chattogram division, one in Dhaka North City Corporation, three in Dhaka South City Corporation and one in Mymensingh division.

"Out of the 567 fresh cases, 69 were hospitalised in Barishal division, 86 in Chattogram division, 92 in Dhaka division excluding the capital, 86 in Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) and 125 in Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) areas, 41 in Khulna division, 37 in Mymensingh division, 25 in Rajshahi division, two in Rangpur division and four 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 377 deaths while the disease inflicted 92,784.

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