Conspectus: 5 die of dengue, 792 cases

City Desk:

Health officials on Sunday said they recorded 792 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 on Sunday,” a spokesman of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said adding his office simultaneously recorded 792 fresh cases of dengue onslaughts during the same period. According to the DGHS statistics, five died in areas with purview of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC).

“Out of the 792 fresh cases, 125 patients were hospitalised in Barishal division, 136 in Chattogram division, 107 in Dhaka division excluding the capital, 121 in Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) and 226 in Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) areas, 15 in Khulna division, 60 in Mymensingh division and two in Sylhet division, a Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) statement said, reports BSS.