Dhaka:Four children have died with measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours ending at 800am on Friday, raising the country's count of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 1,276 this year.
According to United News of Bangladesh, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has classified all four recent fatalities as suspected measles deaths. This brings the total number of suspected measles deaths to 1,171, while the number of confirmed measles deaths remains unchanged at 105.
During the same 24-hour period, 1,239 new suspected measles cases were reported, increasing the cumulative number of suspected cases nationwide to 236,714. Additionally, 75 new confirmed measles cases were recorded, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed infections to 24,294.
Since March 15, a total of 210,982 patients with suspected measles have been hospitalized across the country, with 202,394 of them having recovered, as per DGHS data.