Dhaka: Ten children died from measles and symptoms consistent with the highly contagious but preventable disease in the country in 24 hours till 8:00am on Sunday, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
According to United News of Bangladesh, of the new deaths, one was confirmed as measles-related, while the remaining nine were classified as suspected. Of the suspected deaths, the highest number, four, was recorded in Dhaka.
With these new fatalities, the total number of confirmed deaths from measles has increased to 50, while suspected deaths have reached 244 since March 15. DGHS data indicates that a total of 1,166 suspected measles cases were recorded in the past 24 hours. Since March 15, the total number of suspected cases has climbed to 40,491.
During the same period, 95 new confirmed measles cases were reported, bringing the total number of confirmed infections to 5,313. Since March 15, a total of 27,816 suspected measles patients have been hospitalised, while 24,090 of them have recovered.