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Three more children died with measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours to 8am on Saturday, raising Bangladesh’s combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 963 this year, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The DGHS classified all three latest deaths as suspected measles fatalities.
With the latest deaths, the number of suspected measles-related fatalities has risen to 864, while confirmed deaths from measles remain at 99.
The country recorded 886 new suspected measles cases during the 24-hour period, taking the cumulative number of suspected cases nationwide to 155,678.
Meanwhile, 57 new laboratory-confirmed measles cases were reported, raising the total number of confirmed infections to 18,853.
Since March 15 this year, 136,257 patients with suspected measles have been hospitalised across the country, DGHS data showed. Of them, 131,264 have recovered.
