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Five more people died with measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours till Tuesday, taking the total number of deaths from confirmed measles and suspected cases this year to 1,289.
Of them, 105 deaths were confirmed as measles, while 1,184 were reported among patients with measles-like symptoms, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The information was disclosed in the DGHS’s regular health bulletin on Tuesday.
During the 24-hour period from 8:00am on Monday, 1,444 new patients with measles or measles-like symptoms were admitted to hospitals across the country.
Of the newly hospitalised patients, 581 were in Dhaka Division, 37 in Rajshahi, 175 in Sylhet, 248 in Chattogram, 123 in Barishal, 107 in Mymensingh, 145 in Khulna and 28 in Rangpur.
According to the DGHS, a total of 215,540 patients with measles-like symptoms have been admitted to hospitals since March 15 this year. Of them, 206,799 have recovered and been discharged.
The number of suspected measles cases reported during the period has reached 241,556, while 24,610 cases have been confirmed.
