Health officials report 3 deaths, 580 fresh cases of dengue inflection overnight

Health officials today said they recorded 580 fresh cases of dengue onslaughts killing at least three persons in the past 24 hours with most patients reporting in health facilities in southwestern Barishal region.

"During the period, (of the 580) 128 patients were hospitalized in Barishal division, 94 in Chattogram division, 85 in Dhaka division excluding the capital, 80 in Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) and 85 in Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) areas, 32 in Khulna division, 17 in Mymensingh division, 55 in Rajshahi division, three in Rangpur division and one 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 135 deaths while the disease inflicted 34,411.

The dengue last year claimed 575 lives and inflicted 1,01,214 people in the country.