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Six more children have died with measles symptoms in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of deaths from measles and measles-like symptoms to 1,233 since the outbreak began.
During the same period, another 1,466 children were affected by measles or developed measles-like symptoms, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on Monday.
The report said measles was confirmed through testing in 78 children over the past 24 hours, while another 1,388 children received treatment for measles-like symptoms.
According to DGHS data, between March 15 and October 26 this year, 1,129 children died with suspected measles symptoms. An additional 104 children died after measles infection was confirmed through laboratory tests.
The total number of suspected measles cases in the country has reached 222,552, including 23,478 laboratory-confirmed cases.
A total of 197,999 patients have been admitted to hospitals, while 190,036 have recovered sufficiently to be discharged, the report said.
