DHAKA, Sept 30, 2025 (BSS) - Health officials today said they recorded 556 fresh cases of dengue onslaughts killing at least three persons in the past 24 hours.

“During the period, (of the 556) 137 patients were hospitalised in Barishal division, 70 in Chattogram division, 79 in Dhaka division excluding the capital, 113 in Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) and 101 in Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) areas, 28 in Mymensingh division, 25 in Rajshahi division and three 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 198 deaths while the disease inflicted 47,342.

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