With this the official death toll rose to 27. The unofficial toll is 36.

The latest victim is Aheza Begum, 32 of Khoksabari village under the Sadar upazila.

The district health office control room however declined to confirm the fresh death but admitted that 11 diarrhoea patients were admitted to Domar upazila health complex, four to Dimla and one each to Sadar and Saidpur upazila health complexes on Saturday.

They said diarrhoea wards at Nilphamari and Domar health complexes are "packed with patients".

Hundreds more were undergoing treatment at outdoors in different upazila health complexes, they added.

Nilphamari Civil Surgeon Nazrul Islam yesterday said 3600 bags of intravenous (IV) Coalera saline reached from Dhaka in the morning. Poor patients would be benefited from this and further death would be chacked, he hoped.

He said 54,500 bags of oral saline and sufficient TC capsules, metronidazole tablets and water purifying tablets are in stock.

He however said the situation is under control.

Meanwhile local Awami League MP Asaduzzaman Noor donated 500 bags of IV Cholera saline for the affected people. He handed those to the Civil Surgeon on Saturday.

Besides Islamic Aid, Muslim Aid, Bangladesh, and Dhaka-based Nilphamari Kallayan Samity have distributed oral salines, medicines, money, rice and potato among the affected peoeple.