Five more die from measles-like symptoms

Five more children died from measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours until 8:00am yesterday, raising Bangladesh’s combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 648.

With the latest update, the number of suspected measles deaths has risen to 556, while the number of laboratory-confirmed measles deaths remains unchanged at 92.

A total of 733 new suspected measles cases were reported during the 24-hour period, taking the cumulative number of suspected cases nationwide to 84,899.

Meanwhile, 63 new confirmed measles cases were recorded, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed infections to 10,248.

Since March 15, a total of 69,606 patients with suspected measles have been hospitalised across the country, of whom 65,852 have recovered, according to DGHS data.