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Dengue: 3 more die, 421 new hospitalised in 24 hrs
Health officials today said they recorded 421 fresh cases of dengue onslaughts, killing at least three persons in the past 24 hours.
"We recorded deaths of three 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 421 fresh cases of dengue onslaughts during the same period.
According to the DGHS statistics, one died in areas with purview of Barishal division and two in Dhaka South City Corporation.
"Out of the 421 fresh cases, 64 were hospitalised in Barishal division, 63 in Chattogram division, 73in Dhaka division excluding capital, 72 in Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) and 75 in Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) areas, 30 in Khulna division, 31 in Mymensingh division, 12 in Rajshahi division and one in Rangpur division, a Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) statement said.
Since the start of the dengue onslaughts Bangladesh this year witnessed so far 401 deaths while the disease inflicted 98,705.
The dengue last year claimed 575 lives and inflicted 1,01,214 people in the country, reports BSS.