165 fresh dengue cases detected overnight

Health officials have said they recorded 165 fresh dengue cases in the past 24 hours.

“We recorded 165 fresh cases of dengue in 24 hours ending at 8 am today,” a spokesman of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said on Monday.

“Out of the 165 fresh cases, eight were hospitalised in Barishal division, 27 in Chattogram division, 24 in Dhaka division excluding capital, 33 in Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) and 43 in Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) areas, 10 in Khulna division, 13 in Mymensingh division, four in Rajshahi division, two in Rangpur division and one in Sylhet division, a Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) statement said.

Since the start of the dengue season this year, Bangladesh has witnessed 412 deaths, while the disease has infected 101,956 people.

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