At least 10 dengue-infected people died overnight on Wednesday as the mosquito-carried disease continued its onslaught in the country, raising a nationwide alarm.
“We recorded deaths of 10 dengue patients in 24 hours ending at 8am on Wednesday,” a spokesman of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said, adding his office simultaneously recorded 1,069 fresh cases of dengue outbreaks during the same period.
The death toll was the highest with a 24-hour time span since the beginning of the year.
According to the DGHS statistics of the 10 people, five died in areas with purview of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), three in Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and one in Barisal and one in Khulna districts.
“Out of the 1,069 fresh cases, 128 patients were hospitalized in Barisal division, 99 in Chittagong division, 219 in Dhaka division excluding the capital, 152 from DSCC and 251 in DNCC areas, 68 in Khulna division, 70 in Mymensingh division, 34 in Rajshahi division, 43 in Rangpur division and five in Sylhet division, a DGHS statement, meanwhile, said.
Bangladesh this year has witnessed so far 302 deaths, while the disease has inflicted 74,992.
The dengue last year claimed 575 lives and inflicted 1,01,214 people in the country.