Dhaka: Four more children died with measles-like symptoms in 24 hours until 8:00 am on Sunday, bringing the country's combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles deaths to 1,057 this year. The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has classified all four latest fatalities as suspected measles deaths.
According to United News of Bangladesh, with these new fatalities, the total number of suspected measles deaths has reached 956, while confirmed deaths from measles have remained the same at 101. Additionally, a total of 1,148 new suspected measles cases were reported during the 24-hour period, bringing the cumulative number of suspected cases nationwide to 179,814.
Meanwhile, 88 new confirmed measles cases were recorded, raising the total number of laboratory-confirmed infections to 20,562. Since March 15 this year, 158,589 patients with measles-like symptoms have been hospitalised across the country, with 152,225 having recovered, according to DGHS data.