Two more children died from measles-like symptoms in 24 hours until 8:00am on Tuesday, bringing Bangladesh’s combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 849.
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has classified all the latest fatalities were suspected measles deaths.
With the latest update, the number of suspected measles deaths has risen to 753,while the number of laboratory-confirmed measles deaths remained 96.
A total of 896 new suspected measles cases were reported during the 24-hour period, bringing the cumulative number of suspected cases nationwide to 131,946.
Meanwhile, 123 new confirmed measles cases were recorded, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed infections to 16,531.
Since March 15, a total of 114,393 patients with suspected measles have been hospitalised across the country, of whom 110,187 have recovered, according to DGHS data.