Three children died with symptoms consistent with measles in the 24 hours until 8:00am yesterday, raising Bangladesh’s combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 750, according to the DGHS.

The latest deaths have been classified as suspected measles fatalities.

The number of suspected measles deaths now stands at 657, while laboratory-confirmed deaths remained unchanged at 93.

During the reporting period, 901 new suspected measles cases were recorded, taking the nationwide total to 1,09,899.

The DGHS also reported 128 new laboratory-confirmed cases, bringing the total number of confirmed infections to 13,326.

Since March 15, a total of 92,831 people with suspected measles have been hospitalised across the country, of whom 89,234 have recovered, according to DGHS data.