Dhaka:Seven children have died with measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours ending at 800 am on Friday, raising the country's combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 1,214 this year.
According to United News of Bangladesh, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has classified the latest fatalities as suspected measles deaths. This brings the total number of suspected measles deaths to 1,110, with the number of confirmed measles deaths remaining at 104.
A total of 1,110 new suspected measles cases were reported during the same 24-hour period, increasing the cumulative number of suspected cases nationwide to 218,870. In addition, 25 new confirmed measles cases have been recorded, pushing the number of laboratory-confirmed infections to 23,273.
Since March 15 this year, a total of 194,633 patients with suspected measles have been hospitalized across the country, of whom 186,798 have recovered, According to DGHS.