Two more children have died while undergoing treatment with symptoms of measles in Sylhet division, raising the total number of deaths among patients with confirmed or suspected measles to 122.

The children passed away at Shaheed Shamsuddin Ahmed Hospital between Thursday morning and Friday morning, according to Mohammad Nur-e-Alam Shamim, assistant director of the Sylhet Directorate General of Health Services.

One of the dead was Yamin, aged 1 year and 5 months, hailing from Sylhet Sadar Upazila. The other was 8-month-old Anisa, daughter a native of Bahubal Upazila in Habiganj.

According to the Sylhet DGHS's latest report on the measles situation, as of Friday morning, 294 patients with measles symptoms were receiving treatment at hospitals across the division. During the previous 24 hours, another 93 patients with suspected measles were admitted to different hospitals.

The report also said that, among those who have died so far, six were laboratory-confirmed measles cases, while the remaining 116 dead manifested symptoms consistent with the disease.

In addition, the DGHS reported that laboratory tests have confirmed measles infection in 788 people across Sylhet division since Jan 1 this year.