One child died with symptoms consistent with measles in the 24 hours until 8:00am on Monday, bringing Bangladesh’s combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 759.
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has classified the latest death as suspected measles fatality.
With the latest update, the number of suspected measles deaths has risen to 665, while the number of laboratory-confirmed measles deaths remained unchanged at 94.
A total of 896 new suspected measles cases were reported during the period, bringing the cumulative number of suspected cases nationwide to 1121,376.
Meanwhile, 113 new confirmed measles cases were recorded, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed infections to 13,613.
Since March 15, a total of 95,196 patients with suspected measles have been hospitalised across the country, of whom 91,483 have recovered, according to DGHS data.