Five more children have died from measles-like symptoms in 24 hours until 8:00 am on Thursday, pushing Bangladesh’s combined death toll of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 666.
According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), the latest five deaths have been classified as suspected measles fatalities.
With the latest update, the number of suspected measles deaths has risen to 573, while the number of laboratory-confirmed measles deaths remained unchanged at 93.
A total of 1009 new suspected measles cases were reported during the 24-hour period, taking the cumulative number of suspected cases nationwide to 89,904.
Meanwhile, 139 new confirmed measles cases were recorded, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed infections to 10,773.
Since March 15, a total of 74,184 patients with suspected measles have been hospitalized across the country, of whom 70,503 have recovered, according to DGHS data.
