DHAKA, Sept 11, 2025 (BSS) - Health officials today said they recorded 586 fresh cases of dengue onslaughts killing at six persons in the past 24 hours.

"During the period, (of the 586) 109 patients were hospitalized in Barishal division, 58 in Chattogram division, 104 in Dhaka division excluding the capital, 103 in Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) and 144 in Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) areas, 12 in Mymensingh division, 44 in Rajshahi division, 10 in Rangpur division and two 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 145 deaths while the disease inflicted 36,682.

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