Dhaka:Five children have died with symptoms resembling measles within a 24-hour period ending at 800 am on Sunday. This development has increased the total number of confirmed and suspected measles-related fatalities in the country to 1,227 this year.
According to United News of Bangladesh, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has classified these recent deaths as suspected measles fatalities. This brings the total number of suspected measles deaths to 1,123, while the count of confirmed measles-related deaths remains constant at 104.
In addition, 1,280 new suspected cases of measles were reported in the same 24-hour timeframe, raising the total number of suspected cases across the nation to 221,164. Furthermore, 76 new confirmed measles cases have been identified, increasing the number of laboratory-confirmed infections to 23,400.
Since March 15, a total of 196,703 patients with suspected measles have been hospitalized nationwide. Of these, 188,674 patients have successfully recovered, as per the information from the DGHS.