Measles death toll reaches 1,076 as 5 more children die in 24hrs

Five more children died from measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours until 8am today (23 September), taking Bangladesh’s combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 1,076, according to Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) data.

Of the total, 975 deaths are suspected measles-related deaths, while 101 have been confirmed through laboratory tests.

A total of 1,157 new suspected measles cases were reported during the 24-hour period, raising the cumulative number of suspected cases nationwide to 183,449.

Meanwhile, 113 new laboratory-confirmed measles cases were recorded, taking the total number of confirmed infections to 20,851.

Since 15 March, 162,048 patients with suspected measles have been hospitalised across the country, according to the DGHS.

Of them, 155,612 have recovered, the data showed.