Three more children died with symptoms consistent with measles in the 24 hours until 8:00am on Monday, taking Bangladesh’s combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 683.
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has classified the latest deaths as suspected measles fatalities.
Measles-like symptoms claim 4 more lives
With the latest update, the number of suspected measles deaths has risen to 590, while the number of laboratory-confirmed measles deaths remains unchanged at 93.
A total of 965 new suspected measles cases were reported during the 24-hour period, taking the cumulative number of suspected cases nationwide to 93,755.
Meanwhile, 160 new confirmed measles cases were recorded, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed infections to 11,071.
Since March 15, a total of 77, 743 patients with suspected measles have been hospitalised across the country, of whom 73,985 have recovered, according to DGHS data.