Five more die with measles like symptoms

Five more patients died with measles-like symptoms across the country in the 24 hours leading up to Sunday morning, taking the total death toll from confirmed and suspected measles to 1,227 this year.

According to the regular health bulletin released by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on Sunday, 104 people have died of laboratory-confirmed measles so far, while 1,123 have succumbed to measles symptoms.

Of the latest five fatalities recorded between 8:00am Saturday and 8:00am Sunday, three were reported from Chattogram division alone.

During the same 24-hour window, 1,356 fresh patients were admitted to hospitals nationwide with measles and related symptoms.

A division-wise breakdown shows the highest number of hospitalisations occurred in Dhaka division with 626 admissions, followed by Chattogram with 225, Barishal with 135, and Sylhet with 133. Besides, 107 patients were hospitalised in Mymensingh, 60 in Khulna, 39 in Rangpur, and 30 in Rajshahi.

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DGHS data revealed that between 15 March and Sunday morning, a cumulative total of 1,96,703 patients with measles symptoms have been admitted to hospitals across the country. Of them, 1,88,674 patients have returned home after recovery.

Since 15 March, the tally of suspected measles cases across Bangladesh has climbed to 2,21,164, with 23,400 confirmed through diagnostic testing.