Three more children died with symptoms consistent with measles in the 24 hours until 8:00am yesterday, taking Bangladesh’s combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 683.

The Directorate General of Health Services classified the latest deaths as suspected measles fatalities.

With the latest update, the number of suspected measles deaths rose to 590, while the number of laboratory-confirmed measles deaths remained unchanged at 93.

A total of 965 new suspected measles cases were reported during the 24-hour period, taking the cumulative number of suspected cases nationwide to 93,755.

Meanwhile, 160 new confirmed measles cases were recorded, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed infections to 11,071.

Since March 15, a total of 77,743 patients with suspected measles have been hospitalised across the country. Of them, 73,985 have recovered, according to DGHS data.