Eight children died from measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours until 8:00am on Thursday, bringing Bangladesh’s combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 779.
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has classified all the fatalities as suspected measles deaths.
With the latest update, the number of suspected measles deaths has risen to 684, while the number of laboratory-confirmed measles deaths remained 95.
A total of 974 new suspected measles cases were reported during the 24-hour period, bringing the cumulative number of suspected cases nationwide to 115,138.
Meanwhile, 197 new confirmed measles cases were recorded, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed infections to 14,104.
Since March 15, a total of 97,819 patients with suspected measles have been hospitalised across the country, of whom 94,275 have recovered, according to DGHS data.