Dengue: 4 patients die, 803 cases

City Desk :

Health officials on Thursday said they recorded 803 fresh cases of dengue onslaughts killing at least four persons in the past 24 hours.

“During the period, (of the 803) 112 patients were hospitalised in Barishal division, 97 in Chattogram division, 147 in Dhaka division excluding the capital, 130 in Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) and 155 in Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) areas, 49 in Khulna division, 49 in Mymensingh division, 37 in Rajshahi division, 17 in Rangpur division and 10 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 259 deaths while the disease inflicted 63,170.
The dengue last year claimed 575 lives and inflicted 1,01,214 people in the country.