3 more die with measles-like symptoms in 24 hours

Three more children have died from measles-like symptoms in 24 hours till 8:00am today, raising the fatalities from the disease in Bangladesh to 613.

The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has classified the latest casualties as suspected.

With the latest figure, the total number of suspected measles deaths has reached 522, while the confirmed deaths remained unchanged at 91.

A total of 915 suspected measles cases were recorded in the 24 hours until this morning, bringing the overall total to 77,791.

During the same period, 117 new confirmed measles cases were reported, bringing the total number of confirmed infections to 9,620.

Since March 15 this year, a total of 63,134 suspected measles patients were hospitalised, of whom 58,964 have recovered, according to the DGHS.