Three 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 1,084.
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has classified all three of the latest casualties as suspected.
With the latest figures, the total number of suspected measles deaths has reached 983, while the number of confirmed deaths remained unchanged at 101, as no new confirmed measles deaths were reported in the last 24 hours.
The three new suspected fatalities were reported across three divisions; Dhaka, Sylhet, and Khulna with one death each.
A total of 1,201 suspected measles cases were recorded in the 24 hours till Friday morning, taking the overall suspected case tally to 185,833.
During the same period, 64 new confirmed measles cases were reported, bringing the total number of confirmed infections to 21,015.
Since March 15, 2026, a total of 164,248 suspected measles patients have been hospitalized across the country, of whom 157,807 have recovered and been discharged from hospitals, according to the DGHS.
