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Five more children died with measles symptoms across Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, from Sunday 8:00 a.m. to Monday 8:00 a.m., bringing the total number of child deaths linked to measles and measles-like symptoms to 825 over the past four and a half months.
Of the five deaths, three occurred in Dhaka, one in Sylhet, and one in Rangpur.
During the same 24-hour period, 992 children developed measles-like symptoms, while 113 were confirmed to have measles. In total, 1,105 children were affected by either measles or measles-like symptoms.
Since March 15, a total of 124,745 children have been affected by measles or measles-like symptoms, including 15,555 confirmed measles cases.
The figures were published on Monday in the Directorate General of Health Services’ (DGHS) latest measles situation report.
According to the DGHS, 103,467 children have recovered and been discharged from hospitals since March 15. In the last 24 hours alone, 1,000 children were released from hospital after recovering.