Five children died from measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours until 8:00am on Thursday, bringing Bangladesh’s combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 724 this year.
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has classified the latest deaths as suspected measles fatalities.
With the latest update, the number of suspected measles deaths in the country has risen to 631, while the number of laboratory-confirmed measles deaths remained unchanged at 93.
A total of 965 new suspected measles cases were reported during the 24-hour period, bringing the cumulative number of suspected cases nationwide to 102,993.
Meanwhile, 154 new confirmed measles cases were recorded, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed infections to 12,286.
Since March 15, a total of 86,411 patients with suspected measles have been hospitalised across the country, of whom 82,759 have recovered, according to DGHS data.