Measles and its symptoms are spreading in Bangladesh alongside dengue. Five more people died of dengue in the past 24 hours, and 1,366 new patients were admitted to hospital. In the same period three more children died with measles or its symptoms, and 1,259 new patients were identified.
According to the Directorate General of Health Services, of the dengue patients admitted between 8am Monday and 8am Tuesday, the largest number, 515, were in hospitals in Dhaka division outside the city corporations. Barishal recorded 191 admissions, Khulna 141, Rajshahi 128, Dhaka South City 113, Chattogram 105, Dhaka North City 110, Mymensingh 80, Rangpur 72 and Sylhet 11. In the same period 1,415 patients recovered and left hospital.
Since 1 January this year, 115,617 people have been admitted to hospital with dengue and 357 have died. Of these, 112 died and 35,997 were infected in the first 20 days of October. Men account for 62.1 percent of patients and women 37.9 percent.
The directorate’s figures also show that 1,217 children developed measles symptoms in the past 24 hours, and measles was confirmed in 42 more. Three children died in that period, in Dhaka, Chattogram and Mymensingh divisions.
From 15 March to 8am on 20 October, a total of 1,204 children died of measles or its symptoms in the country: 104 with confirmed measles and 1,100 with measles symptoms.
In that period the total number of measles and suspected measles cases reached 238,967, of whom 215,768 were suspected cases and 23,199 were confirmed. In the past 24 hours Dhaka division had the most, with 499 children showing measles symptoms and 34 confirmed cases. So far 184,168 children have been discharged from hospital after recovering.
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