Dhaka: Eight more children died from measles and similar symptoms in the country in 24 hours till 8:00am on Wednesday, taking the death toll to 432. Of the new deaths, one was confirmed as measles-related, while the remaining seven were classified as suspected, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
According to United News of Bangladesh, of the suspected deaths, the highest three were recorded in Sylhet division. With this, the total number of confirmed deaths from measles has risen to 69 and suspected deaths to 363, it said.
DGHS data indicates that a total of 1,489 suspected measles cases were recorded in the 24-hour period. The total number of suspected cases has reached 53,056 during the period. During this timeframe, 126 new confirmed measles cases were reported, bringing the total number of confirmed infections to 7,150.
Since March 15, a total of 38,054 suspected measles patients have been hospitalized, of whom 33,832 have recovered.