Four people have died from suspected measles in the past 24 hours until Saturday morning, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Bangladesh’s combined death toll from confirmed and suspected cases to 820.
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) classified all four latest fatalities as suspected measles deaths.
With the new deaths, the number of fatalities among suspected cases rose to 725, while deaths among laboratory-confirmed cases remained unchanged at 95.
During the same period, 990 new suspected cases were reported, taking the cumulative number nationwide to 1,23,753.
Health authorities also recorded 170 new laboratory-confirmed cases, bringing the total number of confirmed infections to 15,442.
Since 15 March, a total of 1,06,239 patients with suspected measles have been admitted to hospitals
