Jakarta:Accourding to United News of Bangladesh, seven children have died with symptoms resembling measles within 24 hours, raising the country's total of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 1,162 for the year.
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has classified these latest fatalities as suspected measles deaths, noting that there were no confirmed measles deaths during this period. This brings the suspected measles death toll to 1,058, while the number of confirmed deaths remains at 104.
During the same 24-hour period, 1,180 new suspected measles cases were reported, increasing the total number of suspected cases nationwide to 205,028. Additionally, there were 93 new confirmed measles cases, bringing the total laboratory-confirmed infections to 22,421.
Since March 15 of this year, 182,047 patients with suspected measles have been hospitalized across the country, with 174,469 of them having recovered, as reported by the DGHS.