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Five more children die of measles-like symptoms

Greenwatch Desk Disease 2026-10-16, 7:57pm

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Five more children died with measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours until 8:00am on Friday, bringing the country’s combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 1,186 this year.


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

With this, the total number of suspected measles deaths has reached 1,082, while confirmed deaths from measles have remained the same at 104.

A total of 1,164 new suspected measles cases were reported during the 24-hour period, taking the cumulative number of suspected cases nationwide to 211,040.

Meanwhile, 46 new confirmed measles cases were recorded, pushing laboratory-confirmed infections to 22,972, reports UNB.

Since March 15 this year, a total of 187,615 patients with suspected measles have been hospitalised across the country, of whom 180,002 have recovered, according to the DGHS.