DHAKA, Aug 26, 2025 (BSS) - Health officials today said they recorded 470 fresh cases of dengue onslaughts in the past 24 hours with most patients reporting in health facilities in southwestern Barishal region.

"During the period, (of the 470) 94 patients were hospitalized in Barishal division, 87 in Chattogram division, 90 in Dhaka division excluding the capital, 74 in Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) and 74 in Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) areas, 11 in Mymensingh division and six 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 118 deaths while the disease inflicted 29,514.

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