Four more people have died with measles symptoms in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours. In the same period, 988 people developed measles symptoms, and tests confirmed measles in 61 of them. No one died of confirmed measles in the past 24 hours.
A Directorate General of Health Services report released on Saturday said that of the four people who died with measles symptoms between 8am on Friday and 8am on Saturday, two were in Dhaka division and two in Sylhet division.
According to the directorate, a total of 237,702 people have been found with measles symptoms in the country since 15 March. Of them, tests have confirmed measles in 24,355. A total of 1,175 people have died with measles symptoms in this period, and deaths from confirmed measles stand at 105.
The report said 211,865 people have been admitted to hospital with measles symptoms since 15 March, and 203,257 of them have recovered and left hospital.
By division, Dhaka division had the most suspected cases in the past 24 hours, with 428. Chattogram had 163, Sylhet 142, Barishal 97, Khulna 40, Rajshahi and Rangpur 33 each, and Mymensingh 52.
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