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DHAKA, Nov 24, 2025 (BSS) - Health officials today said they recorded 705 fresh cases of dengue onslaughts, killing at least two persons in the past 24 hours.

"We recorded deaths of two dengue patients in 24 hours ending at 8 am today," a spokesman of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said adding his office simultaneously recorded 705 fresh cases of dengue onslaughts during the same period.

According to the DGHS statistics, one died in areas with purview of Dhaka division and one in Sylhet division.

"Out of the 705 fresh cases, 62 were hospitalised in Barishal division, 116 in Chattogram division, 137 in Dhaka division excluding the capital, 77 in Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) and 171 in Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) areas, 34 in Khulna division, 53 in Mymensingh division, 34 in Rajshahi division, five in Rangpur division and 16 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 366 deaths while the disease inflicted 90,969.

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