Three people, who had been diagnosed with dengue fever, died in Dhaka and Barishal in the early hours of today, hospital sources said.
With these, the number of people who have died after being diagnosed with the disease has risen to 38.
In Dhaka, Farzana Hossain, 42, hailing from Siddhirganj of Narayanganj, breathed her last at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) around 1:45am, said Nasiruddin, assistant director of DMCH.
With this, the hospital witnessed the death of eight people, six of them women, allegedly from dengue during the months of June and July, the DMCH official said.
In Barishal, two people Aslam Khan, 28, and Sohel, 18, died after they were rushed to Sher-E-Bangla Medical College Hospital.
Aslam, hailing from Shyampur Bakerganj of Barishal was rushed to the hospital in an unconscious state last night and died around 3:15am, reports quoting the hospital’s director Dr Baki Hossain.
Another patient, Sohel 18, was also brought to the hospital from his hometown in Kaukhali area of Pirojpur around 1:20am. He breathed his last around 3:40am, the official said.
Dengue has already spread to 50 districts with a record 1,096 patients being diagnosed with the viral disease yesterday alone.
Three days ago, dengue cases were reported from only 17 districts and the day before yesterday reports came in from five new districts. The number of districts with dengue cases shot up to 50 yesterday, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The government, however, claims that eight people have died of dengue so far.
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