Staff Reporter:
Six children died from measles and similar symptoms in the country in 24 hours till 8:00am on Tuesday, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Of the new deaths, two were confirmed as measles-related, while the remaining four were classified as suspected.
Of the suspected deaths, highest four were recorded in Dhaka and Sylhet.
With this, the total number of confirmed deaths from measles has risen to 54 and suspected deaths to 263 since March 15.
According to DGHS data, a total of 1,186 suspected measles cases were recorded in the 24 hours. The total number of suspected cases has reached 42,979 during the period.
During this period, 259 new confirmed measles cases were reported, bringing the total number of con-firmed infections to 5,726.
Since March 15, a total of 29,831 suspected measles patients have been hospitalised of whom 26,368 have recovered.
