Dhaka: Health officials today said they recorded 1,034 fresh cases of dengue onslaughts, killing at least five persons in the past 24 hours. “We recorded deaths of five 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 1,034 fresh cases of dengue onslaughts during the same period.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, the DGHS statistics indicate that of the five people who died, three were in areas under the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), one in Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC), and one in the Mymensingh district.
“Out of the 1,034 fresh cases, 134 patients were hospitalised in Barishal division, 103 in Chattogram division, 188 in Dhaka division excluding the capital, 171 in Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) and 200 in Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) areas, 55 in Khulna division, 66 in Mymensingh division, 79 in Rajshahi division, 33 in Rangpur division and five in Sylhet division,” a DGHS statement said.
Since the start of the dengue onslaughts, Bangladesh this year has witnessed 307 deaths while the disease has inflicted 76,026 people. The dengue last year claimed 575 lives and affected 1,01,214 people in the country.