One more child has died from measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours leading up to 8:00am on Saturday, raising the overall death toll from the ongoing outbreak to 1,254.
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has classified the latest casualty as suspected.
With the latest figure, the total number of suspected measles deaths has reached 1,147, while the number of confirmed deaths remained unchanged at 105, as no new confirmed measles deaths were reported in the last 24 hours.
The single new suspected fatality was recorded in Dhaka.
A total of 987 suspected measles cases were recorded in the 24 hours till Saturday morning, taking the overall suspected case tally to 228,660.
During the same period, 97 new confirmed measles cases were reported, bringing the total number of confirmed infections to 23,867.
Since March 15, 2026, a total of 203,528 suspected measles patients have been hospitalized across the country, of whom 195,088 have recovered and been discharged from hospitals, according to the DGHS.
