Dhaka:Seven more children have died from measles and measles-like symptoms in Bangladesh within a 24-hour period ending at 800am on Thursday. This development has raised the country's total number of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 1,249 for the year.
According to United News of Bangladesh, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has categorized all of the latest fatalities as suspected measles deaths. The total number of suspected measles deaths now stands at 1,144, while the number of confirmed measles deaths remains unchanged at 105.
In the same 24-hour period, 1,251 new suspected measles cases were reported, resulting in a cumulative total of 226,357 suspected cases nationwide. Additionally, 64 new confirmed measles cases have been recorded, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed infections to 23,695.
Since March 15, a total of 201,468 patients with suspected measles have been hospitalized across Bangladesh. Of these, 193,301 patients have successfully recovered, as per DGHS data.