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DHAKA, Oct 26, 2025 (BSS) - Health officials today said they recorded 1,143 fresh cases of dengue onslaughts killing at least four persons in the past 24 hours.

“During the period, (of the 1,143) 186 patients were hospitalised in Barishal division, 121 in Chattogram division, 282 in Dhaka division excluding the capital, 154 in Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) and 165 in Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) areas, 65 in Khulna division, 56 in Mymensingh division, 56 in Rajshahi division, 50 in Rangpur division and eight 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 263 deaths while the disease inflicted 65,440.

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