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DHAKA, Aug 07, 2025 (BSS) - Health officials today said they recorded 408 fresh cases of dengue onslaughts killing at least three persons in the past 24 hours with most patients reporting in health facilities in southwestern Barishal region.
"During the period, (of the 408) 73 patients were hospitalized in Barishal division" which appeared to have been the worst victim of the mosquito carried diseases, a Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) statement said.
It said among the rests, 58 were hospitalized in Chattogram division, 59 in Dhaka division excluding the capital, 57 in Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) and 37 in Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) areas, 25 in Mymensingh division, 52 in Rajshahi division, seven in Rangpur division and three in Sylhet division.
Since the start of the dengue onslaughts Bangladesh this year witnessed so far 95 deaths while the disease inflicted 23,220.
The dengue last year claimed 575 lives and inflicted 1,01,214 people in the country.