Staff Reporter:
Three more children have died from measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours until 8:00am on Tuesday, raising Bangladesh’s combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 631.
According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), the latest three deaths have been clas-sified as suspected measles fatalities.
With the latest update, the number of suspected measles deaths has risen to 539, while the number of laboratory-confirmed measles deaths remains unchanged at 92.
A total of 980 new suspected measles cases were reported during the 24-hour period, taking the cumula-tive number of suspected cases nationwide to 81,084.
Meanwhile, 54 new confirmed measles cases were recorded, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed infections to 9,833.
Since March 15, a total of 66,170 patients with suspected measles have been hospitalized across the country, of whom 62,292 have recovered, according to DGHS data.
