Seven more people have died with measles or its symptoms in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, and 1,319 new suspected and confirmed measles cases were identified over the same period, according to the regular report published by the Directorate General of Health Services on Sunday.
According to the report, three of the deaths in the past 24 hours were in Dhaka division, two in Sylhet, one in Mymensingh and one in Khulna. All were people with symptoms of measles.
The directorate’s figures show that 1,196 people have died with measles or its symptoms in the country since 15 March. Of them, 104 died of confirmed measles. The other 1,092 died with symptoms of the disease.
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