Four more deaths were reported in flood-hit Comilla district, raising the death toll from the disaster to 27 on Tuesday, said Disaster Management and Relief Adviser Farooq-e-Azam.
He came up with the information while briefing the media about the current situation of the ongoing flood at the Secretariat.
The highest 10 people died in Comilla, five each in Chittagong and Noakhali, three in Cox’s Bazar and one each in Feni, Brahmanbaria, Khagrachhari, and Lakshmipur districts respectively, he said.
The adviser said 1,207,429 families have been stranded in 74 upazilas of 11 flood-hit districts--Feni, Comilla, Chittagong, Khagrachhari, Noakhali, Moulvibazar, Habiganj, Brahmanbaria, Sylhet, Lakshmipur and Cox’s Bazar.
Moreover, 5,619, 375 people have been affected in 545 municipalities or unions of the 11 districts, he said.
Meanwhile, at least 509,728 people have taken shelter in 3,886 shelter centres while 34,9421 domestic animals were kept there, according to data from the ministry.
A total of 620 medical teams are providing medical services in the flood affected areas.
Two people remained missing in Moulvibazar, it reads.
So far, a sum of Tk3.52 crore has been allocated in the flood-stricken districts while 20,650 tonnes of rice, 15,000 pieces of dry foods or other foods and baby foods and fodder worth Tk 35 lakh each were allocated, said the ministry.
