Five children died after showing symptoms consistent with measles in the 24 hours until 8:00am on Friday, raising Bangladesh's combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 729.
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) classified the latest deaths as suspected measles fatalities.
With the latest update, the number of suspected measles deaths has risen to 636, while laboratory-confirmed measles deaths remained unchanged at 93.
During the same period, 968 new suspected measles cases were reported, taking the nationwide total to 103,961.
Meanwhile, 139 new laboratory-confirmed cases were recorded, raising the total number of confirmed infections to 12,425.
Since March 15, a total of 87,262 patients with suspected measles have been hospitalised across the country. Of them, 83,543 have recovered, according to DGHS data.
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