Health officials today said they recorded 745 fresh cases of dengue onslaughts, killing at least four persons in the past 24 hours.

"We recorded deaths of four dengue patients in 24 hours ending at 8 am today," a spokesman of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said adding his office simultaneously recorded 745 fresh cases of dengue onslaughts during the same period.

According to the DGHS statistics, one died in areas with purview of Chattogram division, two in Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) and one in Mymensingh division.

"Out of the 745 fresh cases, 125 patients were hospitalized in Barishal division, 89 in Chattogram division, 154 in Dhaka division excluding the capital, 127 in Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) and 116 in Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) areas, 32 in Khulna division, 53 in Mymensingh division, 48 in Rajshahi division and one in Sylhet division, a Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) statement said.