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Two more people have died with measles symptoms in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
With the latest deaths, the number of people who have died either from measles or with measles symptoms has reached 999, according to an analysis of government data. All of them were children.
The DGHS said in its bulletin on Tuesday that one person died in each of Barishal and Sylhet divisions during the 24 hours from 8am Monday.
During the same period, 79 people tested positive for measles across the country.
The DGHS has been publishing measles-related data since March 15. According to its figures, 100 people have so far died from measles, while 899 have died with measles symptoms.
Dhaka has recorded the highest number of measles deaths at 63, followed by Barishal with 19.
Dhaka also recorded the highest number of deaths among people with measles symptoms, at 403, followed by Sylhet with 156.
The other divisions recorded deaths with measles symptoms as follows: Rajshahi 92, Mymensingh 75, Chattogram 65, Barishal 57, Khulna 37 and Rangpur 14.
The DGHS said another 1,157 people with measles symptoms sought treatment at hospitals across the country in the past 24 hours. Of them, 1,089 were admitted.
The number of new admissions was 366 in Dhaka, 27 in Rajshahi, 140 in Sylhet, 256 in Chattogram, 125 in Barishal, 75 in Mymensingh, 80 in Khulna and 20 in Rangpur.
With the latest figures, a total of 146,359 patients have so far been admitted to hospitals across the country, of whom 140,850 have been discharged.
The number of suspected measles cases in the country has reached 166,461, while 19,835 cases have been confirmed.
