Dhaka:One child died with measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours ending at 800 am on Wednesday, raising the country's total number of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 1,205 this year.
According to United News of Bangladesh, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) classified the latest fatality as a suspected measles death. This brings the total suspected measles deaths to 1,101, while confirmed deaths from measles remain at 104.
A total of 997 new suspected measles cases were reported during the same 24-hour period, increasing the cumulative number of suspected cases nationwide to 216,765. Additionally, 13 new confirmed measles cases were recorded, bringing the total of laboratory-confirmed infections to 23,212.
Since March 15 this year, 192,695 patients with suspected measles have been hospitalized across the country, with 185,110 having recovered, According to DGHS.