Measles: Death toll hits 1012 as 3 more die in 24 hrs

Three more children died with measles-like symptoms in 24 hours until 8:00am on Friday, bringing the country’s combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 1012 this year.

The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has classified all three latest fatalities as suspected measles deaths.

With these, the total number of suspected measles deaths has reached 912, while confirmed deaths from measles have remained the same at 100.

A total of 1077 new suspected measles cases were reported during the 24-hour period, bringing the cumulative number of suspected cases nationwide to 169,822.

Meanwhile, 34 new confirmed measles cases were recorded, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed infections to 19,967.

Since March 15 this year, a total of 149,471 patients with suspected measles have been hospitalised across the country, of whom 143,864 have recovered, according to DGHS data. -UNB