Two more children died with symptoms of measles in Bangladesh in the 24 hours to Friday morning, the Directorate General of Health Services said. In the same period 1,316 children were found with measles symptoms and 75 with confirmed measles, a total of 1,391 new cases.
By the government’s count, 1,251 children have died since 15 March. Of those, 105 died of confirmed measles and the other 1,146 with its symptoms. In all, 251,443 children have been infected so far.
The figures came on Friday in separate press releases on measles and dengue from the directorate’s Health Emergency Operation Centre and Control Room.
From 15 March to 8 am on 30 October, the release said, 227,673 suspected cases with measles symptoms were recorded, and 23,770 confirmed measles cases. A total of 202,639 children have been admitted to hospital with measles symptoms, and 194,399 have recovered and been discharged.
Of the two children who died in the past 24 hours, one was in Sylhet division and one in Khulna division, the directorate said. Dhaka division recorded the most new patients in the same period: 497 with measles symptoms and 36 with confirmed measles.
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