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DHAKA, Sept 23, 2025 (BSS) - Health officials today said they recorded 664 fresh cases of dengue onslaughts killing at least one person in the past 24 hours.

"During the period, (of the 664) 136 patients were hospitalized in Barishal division, 76 in Chattogram division, 117 in Dhaka division excluding the capital, 107 in Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) and 101 in Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) areas, 17 in Mymensingh division, 57 in Rajshahi division, 47 in Rangpur division and six 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 182 deaths while the disease inflicted 43,173.

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