Three more children died from measles-like symptoms in 24 hours until 8am today (10 July), bringing Bangladesh's combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 750.
According to the latest update from the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), the number of suspected measles deaths has risen to 657 while the number of laboratory-confirmed measles deaths has reached 93.
A total of 901 new suspected measles cases were reported during the 24-hour period, bringing the cumulative number of suspected cases nationwide to 1,09,899.
Meanwhile, 128 new confirmed measles cases were recorded, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed infections to 13,326.
Since 15 March, a total of 92,831patients with suspected measles have been hospitalised across the country, of whom 89,234 have recovered, according to DGHS data.
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