Dengue: 2 more die; 610 new hospitalised in 24 hours

Health officials today said they recorded 610 fresh cases of dengue onslaughts, killing at least two persons in the past 24 hours.

"We recorded deaths of two 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 610 fresh cases of dengue onslaughts during the same period.

According to the DGHS statistics, two died in area with purview of Dhaka South City Corporation.

"Out of the 610 fresh cases, 52 were hospitalised in Barishal division, 122 in Chattogram division, 81 in Dhaka division excluding the capital, 102 in Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) and 171 in Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) areas, 31 in Khulna division, 26 in Mymensingh division, 17 in Rajshahi division, two in Rangpur division and six 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 384 deaths while the disease inflicted 95,012.

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