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Six More Children Die of Measles-Like Symptoms, Toll 873
Six more children died with measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours until 8:00am on Sunday, raising Bangladesh’s combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 873 this year.
According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), all six latest deaths were suspected measles fatalities.
With the latest update, the number of suspected measles deaths has risen to 775, while laboratory-confirmed measles deaths increased to 98.
A total of 988 new suspected measles cases were reported during the 24-hour period, bringing the cumulative number of suspected cases nationwide to 136,320.
Meanwhile, 75 new laboratory-confirmed measles cases were recorded, taking the total number of confirmed infections to 17,115.
Since March 15, a total of 118,382 patients with suspected measles have been hospitalised across the country, according to DGHS data. Of them, 114,142 have recovered.