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Five children died with measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours until 8:00am on Friday, bringing the country’s combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 960 this year. The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has classified all five latest fatalities as suspected measles deaths. With these, the total number of suspected measles deaths has reached 861, while confirmed deaths from measles have remained the same at 99. A total of 1,100 new suspected measles cases were reported during the 24-hour period, bringing the cumulative number of suspected cases nationwide to 154,792. Meanwhile, 70 new confirmed measles cases were recorded, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed infections to 18,796. Since March 15 this year, a total of 135,473 patients with suspected measles have been hospitalised across the country, of whom 130,457 have recovered, according to DGHS data.  

Three children died of measles-like symptoms in Sylhet division in the last 24 hours till Friday morning, taking the total number of deaths from the disease and related symptoms in the division to 151 this year. During the same period, six new measles cases were confirmed, raising the total number of confirmed cases in the division to 1,031 this year, according to the Office of the Sylhet Divisional Director of Health. According to the report, two children died while undergoing treatment for measles-like symptoms at Shaheed Shamsuddin Ahmed Hospital. One of them was five months old and the other was 11 months old. Another nine-month-old child died while undergoing treatment at Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital. Meanwhile, 128 new patients with measles-like symptoms were admitted to different hospitals across the division during the same period. Of them, 59 were admitted to Shaheed Shamsuddin Ahmed Hospital, 60 to Osmani Medical College Hospital and nine to Moulvibazar Sadar Hospital. Currently, 356 suspected measles patients are receiving treatment at hospitals across the division. According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), 141 people died in the division this year after developing measles-like symptoms, while 10 deaths have been recorded among confirmed measles patients.

Five more children died with measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours until 8:00am on Thursday, bringing the country’s combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 955 this year. The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has classified all five latest fatalities as suspected measles deaths. With these, the total number of suspected measles deaths has reached 856, while confirmed deaths from measles have remained the same at 99, it said. A total of 956 new suspected measles cases were reported during the 24-hour period, bringing the cumulative number of suspected cases nationwide to153,692. Meanwhile, 75 new confirmed measles cases were recorded, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed infections to 18,726. Since March 15 this year, a total of 134,437 patients with suspected measles have been hospitalised across the country, of whom 129,489 have recovered, according to DGHS data.

Seven more children died with measles-like symptoms in 24 hours until 8:00am on Wednesday, bringing the country’s combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 950 this year. The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has classified all seven latest fatalities as suspected measles deaths. With these, the total number of suspected measles deaths has reached 851, while confirmed deaths from measles have remained the same at 99, it said. A total of 1,098 new suspected measles cases were reported during the 24-hour period, bringing the cumulative number of suspected cases nationwide to152,736. Meanwhile, 73 new confirmed measles cases were recorded, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed infections to 18,651. Since March 15 this year, a total of 133,573 patients with suspected measles have been hospitalised across the country, of whom 128,765 have recovered, according to DGHS data.

Five children died with measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours until 8:00am on Tuesday, bringing the country’s combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 943 this year. The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has classified all five latest fatalities as suspected measles deaths. With these, the total number of suspected measles deaths has reached 844, while confirmed deaths from measles have remained the same at 99, it said. A total of 986 new suspected measles cases were reported during the 24-hour period, bringing the cumulative number of suspected cases nationwide to151,638. Meanwhile, 91 new confirmed measles cases were recorded, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed infections to 18,578. Since March 15 this year, a total of 132,554 patients with suspected measles have been hospitalised across the country, of whom 127,811 have recovered, according to DGHS data.  

Four more children died with measles-like symptoms in 24 hours until 8:00am on Wednesday, bringing the country’s combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 922 this year. The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has classified all four latest fatalities as suspected measles deaths. With this, the total number of suspected measles deaths has reached 823, while confirmed deaths from measles have remained unchanged at 99. A total of 931 new suspected measles cases were reported during the period, taking the number of suspected cases nationwide to 145,711. Meanwhile, 87 new confirmed measles cases were recorded during the period, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed infections to 18,076. Since March 15 this year, a total of 127,076 patients with suspected measles have been hospitalised across the country, of whom 122,805 have recovered, according to DGHS data.

Seven more children died with measles-like symptoms in 24 hours until 8:00am on Monday, bringing the country’s combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 915 this year. The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has classified all seven latest fatalities as suspected measles deaths. With this, the total number of suspected measles deaths has reached 816, while confirmed deaths from measles have remained the same at 99. A total of 981 new suspected measles cases were reported during the 24-hour period, bringing the cumulative number of suspected cases nationwide to 143,778. Meanwhile, 50 new confirmed measles cases were recorded, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed infections to 17,930. Since March 15 this year, a total of 125,386 patients with suspected measles have been hospitalised across the country, of whom 120,913 have recovered, according to DGHS data.    

Eight children died with measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours until 8:00am on Saturday, bringing the country’s combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 902 this year. The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has classified all eight latest fatalities as suspected measles deaths. With this, the total number of suspected measles deaths has reached 803, while confirmed deaths from measles have remained the same at 99. A total of 728 new suspected measles cases were reported during the 24-hour period, bringing the cumulative number of suspected cases nationwide to 141,776 Meanwhile, 70 new confirmed measles cases were recorded, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed infections to 17,800. Since March 15 this year, a total of 123,494 patients with suspected measles have been hospitalised across the country, of whom 119,089 have recovered, according to DGHS data.

Four children died with measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours until 8:00am on Friday, bringing the country’s combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 894 this year. The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has classified all four latest fatalities as suspected measles deaths, with no confirmed deaths from the disease reported during the period. With this, the total number of suspected measles deaths has reached 795, while confirmed deaths from measles have remained the same at 99. A total of 972 new suspected measles cases were reported during the 24-hour period, bringing the cumulative number of suspected cases nationwide to 141,048. Meanwhile, 187 new confirmed measles cases were recorded, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed infections to 17,730. Since March 15 this year, a total of 122,794 patients with suspected measles have been hospitalised across the country, of whom 118,540 have recovered, according to DGHS data.

Sylhet, Aug 14 (UNB) - Two children died with measles-like symptoms in Sylhet division in the 24 hours until Friday morning, raising the combined measles and suspected measles-related death toll in the division to 133 this year. The two children, aged 17 months and six months, died while undergoing treatment at Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital, according to a report from the Office of the Divisional Director (Health) in Sylhet. Of the 133 deaths recorded so far, six were confirmed to have been caused by measles, while the remaining deaths involved patients who had symptoms of the disease. The Directorate General of Health Services also reported 28 new confirmed measles cases in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of confirmed cases in the division this year to 942. Meanwhile, 119 people with measles-like symptoms were admitted to hospitals across the division during the same period. Of them, 48 were admitted to Shaheed Shamsuddin Ahmed Hospital, 57 to Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital, three to North East Hospital and two to Ragib-Rabeya Medical College Hospital. The remaining patients were admitted to different district and upazila hospitals. Sunamganj has recorded the highest number of deaths in the division, with 55, followed by Sylhet with 48, Habiganj with 17 and Moulvibazar with 13.