Eight people have died with measles symptoms across Bangladesh in the past 24 hours. In the same period 1,086 new suspected and confirmed measles cases were recorded.
The figures were given on Saturday, 10 October, in the regular measles report of the Directorate General of Health Services.
It said that in the past 24 hours five people died with measles symptoms in Dhaka division and one each in Chattogram, Sylhet and Mymensingh. According to the directorate, the total number of deaths from measles and measles symptoms in the country since 15 March has risen to 1,155. Of these, 104 died of confirmed measles and 1,051 with measles symptoms.
The report said measles symptoms were found in 955 people in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of suspected infections to 203,848. Another 131 people had confirmed measles in the past 24 hours, taking the number of confirmed cases so far to 22,328.
Since 15 March, 180,945 patients with suspected measles have been admitted to hospitals across the country. In the same period 173,454 have gone home from hospital after recovering.
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