Four more children died from measles and measles‑like symptoms in the 24 hours to 8am Monday, raising Bangladesh’s tally of confirmed and suspected deaths to 716, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The DGHS has classified the latest deaths as suspected measles fatalities, UNB reports.
With the latest update, the number of suspected measles deaths has risen to 623 while the number of laboratory-confirmed measles deaths remained unchanged at 93, the DGHS said.
A total of 1,004 new suspected measles cases were reported during the 24-hour period, bringing the number of suspected cases nationwide to 100,211.
Meanwhile, 141 new confirmed measles cases were reported, raising the total number of laboratory‑verified infections to 11,851.
Since April 10, hospitals nationwide have admitted 83,806 suspected measles patients. Of them, 80,193 have recovered and been discharged, DGHS data show.
