Deaths with measles symptoms are continuing in the country. Four more people died with symptoms in the past 24 hours, two of them being treated in Dhaka and two in Sylhet. Over the same period, 988 more people showed measles symptoms. No one died of confirmed measles that day.
The figures were given in the Directorate General of Health Services’ measles bulletin on Saturday.
According to the directorate, 237,702 people in the country have shown measles symptoms since 15 March. Of them, 24,355 have been confirmed to have measles. In the 24 hours from 8am Friday to 8am Saturday, 61 new cases were confirmed.
By the government’s count, 1,280 people have died with measles or its symptoms since 15 March: 1,175 with symptoms and 105 of confirmed measles.
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