Four more children died with symptoms consistent with measles in the 24 hours until 8am on Tuesday, taking the combined number of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths in Bangladesh to 797.
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) classified the latest deaths as suspected measles fatalities.
With the latest update, the number of suspected measles deaths has risen to 702, while laboratory-confirmed measles deaths remained unchanged at 95.
The country reported 878 new suspected measles cases during the period, taking the total number of suspected cases nationwide to 119,448.
Meanwhile, 130 new laboratory-confirmed cases were recorded, raising the total number of confirmed infections to 14,708.
Since March 15, a total of 102,244 patients with suspected measles have been hospitalised across the country, according to DGHS data.
Of them, 98,411 patients have recovered.
