One more dies with suspected measles, combined toll reaches 780

One patient died with symptoms consistent with measles in 24 hours until 8:00am today, bringing Bangladesh's combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 780.

The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has classified the latest death as suspected measles fatality.

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With the latest update, the number of suspected measles deaths has risen to 685, while the number of laboratory-confirmed measles deaths remained unchanged at 95.

A total of 873 new suspected measles cases were reported during the period, bringing the cumulative number of suspected cases nationwide to 116,011.

Meanwhile, 140 new confirmed measles cases were recorded, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed infections to 14,244.

Since March 15, a total of 98,600 patients with suspected measles have been hospitalised across the country, of whom 95,031 have recovered, according to DGHS data.