Dhaka: Health officials today said they recorded 1,179 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 1,179 fresh cases of dengue onslaughts during the same period.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, the DGHS statistics indicate that the two deaths occurred in areas under the jurisdiction of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC). "Out of the 1,179 fresh cases, 169 patients were hospitalized in Barishal division, 151 in Chattogram division, 239 in Dhaka division excluding the capital, 157 in Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) and 172 in Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) areas, 70 in Khulna division, 89 in Mymensingh division, 109 in Rajshahi division, 12 in Rangpur division and eight in Sylhet division," a DGHS statement said.
Since the start of the dengue onslaughts Bangladesh this year witnessed so far 315 deaths while the disease inflicted 79,722 individuals. The dengue last year claimed 575 lives and inflicted 1,01,214 people in the country.