Four children died with measles symptoms across Bangladesh in the 24 hours to Friday, and measles or its symptoms were found in another 1,314 people over the same period.
The figures are from the Directorate General of Health Services’ (DGHS) regular report on Friday, 6 November.
Deaths from measles and measles symptoms since 15 March have now reached 1,276, according to the DGHS. Of them, 105 died of confirmed measles and 1,171 with measles symptoms.
In the past 24 hours, measles symptoms were found in 1,239 people, bringing total suspected infections to 236,714, the report said. Another 75 people were confirmed with measles in the same period, taking confirmed cases to 24,294.
Since 15 March, 210,982 patients suspected of having measles have been admitted to hospitals across the country. Over the same period, 202,394 have recovered and gone home.
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