One person died with measles symptoms across the country in the past day. In the same period, 1,010 new suspected and confirmed measles cases were recorded. The figures were given in the Directorate General of Health Services’ regular measles report on Wednesday, which said the death, of a person with measles symptoms, was in Sylhet division.
According to the directorate, the total number of deaths from measles and measles symptoms in the country since 15 March has risen to 1,205. Of them, 104 died of confirmed measles and 1,101 with measles symptoms.
The report said measles symptoms were found in 997 people in the past day, bringing the total number of suspected infections to 216,765. In addition, 13 people were confirmed to have measles in the past 24 hours, bringing the number of confirmed cases so far to 23,212.
Since 15 March, 192,695 patients have been admitted to hospitals across the country with suspected measles. In the same period, 185,110 have recovered and gone home from hospital.
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