Four more children have died from measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours leading up to 8:00am on Friday, raising the overall death toll from the ongoing outbreak to 1,276.
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has classified all four of the latest casualties as suspected.
With the latest figures, the total number of suspected measles deaths has reached 1,171, while the number of confirmed deaths remained unchanged at 105, as no new confirmed measles deaths were reported in the last 24 hours.
Among the four new suspected fatalities, the highest concentration was recorded in Dhaka, with four deaths reported in both the Dhaka division and Dhaka district.
A total of 1,239 suspected measles cases were recorded in the 24 hours till Friday morning, taking the overall suspected case tally to 236,714.
During the same period, 75 new confirmed measles cases were reported, bringing the total number of confirmed infections to 24,294.
Since March 15, 2026, a total of 210,982 suspected measles patients have been hospitalized across the country, of whom 202,394 have recovered and been discharged from hospitals, according to the DGHS.