Six more children have died from measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours leading up to 8:00am on Wednesday, raising the overall death toll from the ongoing outbreak to 1,295.
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has classified all six of the latest casualties as suspected.
With the latest figures, the total number of suspected measles deaths has reached 1,190, 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 six new suspected fatalities, the highest concentrations were recorded in the Dhaka and Mymensingh divisions, with two deaths each.
A total of 1,351 suspected measles cases were recorded in the 24 hours till Wednesday morning, taking the overall suspected case tally to 242,907.
During the same period, 113 new confirmed measles cases were reported, bringing the total number of confirmed infections to 24,723.
Since March 15, 2026, a total of 216,806 suspected measles patients have been hospitalized across the country, of whom 207,903 have recovered and been discharged from hospitals, according to the DGHS.
