Health officials today said they recorded 1,860 fresh cases of dengue onslaughts killing at least eight persons in the last 24 hours.
“Out of 1,860, a total of 200 patients were hospitalised in Barishal division, 216 in Chattogram division, 347 in Dhaka division, 171 in Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) and 212 in Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) areas, 376 in Khulna division, 110 in Mymensingh division, 176 in Rajshahi division, 38 in Rangpur division and 14 Sylhet division, a Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) statement said.
Since the start of the dengue onslaughts, Bangladesh this year witnessed so far 289 deaths while the disease inflicted 92,216.
The dengue last year claimed 413 lives and inflicted 102,861 people in the country.