Health officials on Wednesday said they recorded 44 fresh cases of dengue onslaughts in the past 24 hours.
"We recorded 44 fresh cases of dengue onslaughts in the 24 hours ending at 8am today," a spokesman of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said.
"Out of the 44 fresh cases, 16 were hospitalized in the Barisal division, five in Chittagong division, two in Dhaka division, three in Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC), one in Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), five in Khulna division, one in Mymensingh division, nine in Rangpur division and two in Sylhet division, according to a DGHS statement.
Since the start of the dengue onslaught in Bangladesh this year, it has claimed four lives and inflicted 2,154 people.
Last year, the mosquito-borne disease [dengue] claimed 413 lives and inflicted 1,02,861 people across the country.
Besides, it claimed 575 lives and inflicted 1,01,214 people in 2024.
