Dhaka: Five more children died with measles-like symptoms in 24 hours until 8:00am on Monday, raising the country's combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 938 this year.
According to United News of Bangladesh, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has classified all five latest fatalities as suspected measles deaths. With these recent deaths, the total number of suspected measles fatalities has reached 839, while confirmed measles deaths remain at 99.
In the same 24-hour period, 1,149 new suspected measles cases were reported, bringing the cumulative number of suspected cases nationwide to 150,652. Additionally, 83 new confirmed measles cases were recorded, increasing the total number of laboratory-confirmed infections to 18,487.
Since March 15 this year, a total of 131,664 patients with suspected measles have been hospitalized across the country. Of these, 126,921 have recovered, according to DGHS data.
Source: United News of Bangladesh