Three more children died from measles and measles-like symptoms in 24 hours until 8:00am on Wednesday, bringing Bangladesh’s combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 831.
Of the new deaths, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has classified one as confirmed measles fatality while two others as suspected.
With the latest update, the number of suspected measles deaths has risen to 735, while the number of laboratory-confirmed measles deaths reached 96.
A total of 996 new suspected measles cases were reported during the 24-hour period, bringing the cumulative number of suspected cases nationwide to 126,540.
Meanwhile, 79 new confirmed measles cases were recorded, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed infections to 15,739.
Since March 15, a total of 109,366 patients with suspected measles have been hospitalised across the country, of whom 105,198 have recovered, according to DGHS data.