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Two more people have died from measles-like symptoms across Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, while 1,412 patients with suspected and confirmed measles have been admitted to hospitals during the same period.
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) confirmed the figures in a bulletin issued by its control room on Wednesday (October 28).
According to the bulletin, 1,322 patients with measles-like symptoms were identified in the past 24 hours. The total number of such cases recorded between March 15 and October 28 stood at 225,106.
During the same 24-hour period, 90 people were confirmed to have measles, bringing the cumulative number of confirmed cases to 23,631 since March 15.
A total of 200,319 patients with measles-like symptoms were admitted to hospitals across the country between March 15 and October 28. Of them, 192,178 recovered and were discharged.
The bulletin also reported two deaths from measles-like symptoms in the past 24 hours, taking the cumulative death toll from suspected measles to 1,137 since March 15.
Meanwhile, one person died of confirmed measles in the past 24 hours. The total number of deaths from confirmed measles stood at 105 during the period from March 15 to October 28.
