At least three persons died in Dhaka and Lakshmipur and 2263 contracted diarrhoeal diseases on Monday, according to the health services directorate general control room and the ICDDR,B. The number of people dying of diarrhoeal diseases and such patients is still on the rise after waterborne diseases rapidly spread across the country because of contaminated water and humid weather. One died of the disease and 626 received treatment at the International Centre for Dia-rrhoeal Diseases Research, Bangladesh hospital on Monday, according to the DGHS control room. Noakhali topped the list with 195 patients, followed by Bhola with 119 patients, Feni with 110, Tangail with 93, Bogra with 90 and Mymensingh with 81 admitted to public hospitals in 24 hours till 8:00am Monday, the control room said. According to the control room, 19,396 people were treated in hospital in the past week and seven of them died. The United News of Bangla-desh reported that two had died of diarrhoeal diseases at Charbasu of Kamalnagar in Lakshmipur. The deceased were Panna Begum, 4, and Jamaluddin, 55. Diarrhoea is a water-borne disease that weakens the body system because of dehydration. Physicians ask such patients to take enough pure water. The Dhaka city people were the worst sufferers of the waterborne diseases diarrhoea and jaundice as they need to drink and use stinking and contaminated supply water.