Seven more children died from measles and measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours to 8am on Saturday, taking Bangladesh’s combined death toll from confirmed and suspected cases to 709.
According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), one of the latest fatalities was laboratory-confirmed as measles, while the remaining six were classified as suspected cases, reports UNB.
The latest figures bring the number of suspected measles deaths to 615 and confirmed deaths to 94.
During the same 24-hour period, 744 new suspected cases were reported, raising the nationwide total to 98,266. Another 45 laboratory-confirmed infections were recorded, taking the cumulative number of confirmed cases to 11,594.
Since 10 April, a total of 81,955 patients with suspected measles have been admitted to hospitals across the country. Of them, 78,287 have recovered, according to DGHS data.
