Measles: 5 More Children Die in 24 Hours, Toll Hits 885

Five more children died with measles or measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours until 8am on Wednesday, raising Bangladesh’s combined confirmed and suspected measles-related death toll to 885 this year.

According to data from the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), one of the latest deaths was confirmed to have been caused by measles, while the remaining four were classified as suspected measles deaths.

With the latest figures, the number of laboratory-confirmed measles deaths has risen to 99, while suspected deaths have reached 786.

The country recorded 941 new suspected measles cases during the 24-hour period, taking the cumulative number of suspected cases to 139,125.

Meanwhile, 84 new laboratory-confirmed cases were reported, bringing the total number of confirmed infections to 17,469.

Since March 15, a total of 121,013 patients with suspected measles have been hospitalised across the country, according to DGHS data.

Of them, 116,827 have recovered.