Seven children have died of measles symptoms across the country in the last 24 hours. At the same time, 1,273 new suspected and confirmed cases of measles have been reported.
This information was given in the regular report on measles by the Directorate General of Health Services on Sunday (October 11). It said that in the last 24 hours, one person died with measles symptoms in Dhaka division, one in Chittagong, three in Sylhet, one in Khulna and one in Rangpur.
According to the Department of Health, the total number of deaths from measles and measles symptoms in the country since March 15 has increased to 1,162. Of these, 104 people have died from confirmed measles and 1,058 people with measles symptoms.
The report also said that in the last 24 hours, 1,180 people have been found to have measles symptoms. With this, the total number of suspected infections has reached 205,028. In addition, 93 people have been confirmed to have measles in the last 24 hours. With this, the number of confirmed measles cases has reached 22,421 so far.
Since March 15, 182,047 patients have been admitted to various hospitals across the country with suspected measles. During the same period, 174,469 people have recovered and returned home from the hospital.