Dhaka: Three more children have died with measles-like symptoms in the past 24 hours, increasing the country's total number of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 925 this year.
According to United News of Bangladesh, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has classified the latest fatalities as suspected measles deaths. This brings the total number of suspected measles deaths to 826, while confirmed deaths from measles remain at 99.
In the same 24-hour period, 1,004 new suspected measles cases were reported, raising the cumulative number of suspected cases nationwide to 146,715. Additionally, 68 new confirmed measles cases have been recorded, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed infections to 18,144.
Since March 15, a total of 128,026 patients with suspected measles have been hospitalized across the country, with 123,684 of them having recovered, as per DGHS data.