Five more children died with measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours to 8am on Thursday, pushing Bangladesh’s combined total of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 666.
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said the latest five deaths were classified as suspected measles fatalities.
With the new update, suspected measles deaths rose to 573, while laboratory-confirmed deaths remained unchanged at 93.
During the same 24-hour period, 1,009 new suspected measles cases were reported, taking the total number of suspected cases nationwide to 89,904.
Health authorities also recorded 139 new confirmed measles cases. This raised the total number of laboratory-confirmed infections to 10,773.
DGHS data showed that since March 15, a total of 74,184 patients with suspected measles have been hospitalised across the country. Of them, 70,503 have recovered.
