114 fresh dengue cases detected overnight

Health officials on Sunday said they recorded 114 fresh dengue cases in the past 24 hours.

"We recorded 114 fresh dengue cases in 24 hours ending at 8 am today," a spokesman of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said.

"Out of the 114 fresh cases, 10 were hospitalised in Barishal division, 40 in Chattogram division, four in Dhaka division excluding capital, 16 in Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) and 25 in Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) areas, 14 in Khulna division, three in Mymensingh division and two 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 102,562 people.

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