United News of Bangladesh

Bangladesh logged another record-high daily measles death toll as 17 children died from measles and related symptoms in the 24 hours until 8:00am on Monday, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). With the latest fatalities, the total deaths from the ongoing outbreak have risen to 545 since March 15 this year. This marks the second time the country has recorded 17 deaths in a single day – the highest daily toll since the outbreak began. Bangladesh previously reported 17 measles-related deaths on May 4. Of the new deaths, one was confirmed as measles-related, while the remaining 16 were classified as suspected. Among the suspected deaths, the highest five were reported in Dhaka division. With this, the total number of suspected measles deaths has reached 458, while the confirmed deaths stood at 87. According to DGHS data, a total of 1,127 suspected measles cases were recorded in the last 24 hours, taking the overall suspected cases to 64,940. During the period, 97 new confirmed measles cases were reported, bringing the total number of confirmed infections to 8,719. Since March 15, a total of 51,585 suspected measles patients were hospitalised, of whom 47,619 have recovered.