Health officials report 5 deaths, 622 fresh cases of dengue inflection overnight

BSS
Published On: 17 Sep 2025, 18:30

DHAKA, Sept 17, 2025 (BSS) - Health officials today said they recorded 622 fresh cases of dengue onslaughts killing at least five persons in the past 24 hours.

"During the period, (of the 622) 131 patients were hospitalized in Barishal division, 98 in Chattogram division, 104 in Dhaka division excluding the capital, 99 in Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) and 100 in Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) areas, 14 in Khulna division, 19 in Mymensingh division, 51 in Rajshahi 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 161 deaths while the disease inflicted 39,814.

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

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