One More Death With Measles Symptoms, Total Deaths Since 15 March Reach 1,252

One more person has died with measles symptoms in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours. With this, the total number of deaths from measles and measles symptoms since 15 March this year has risen to 1,252.

The figures were released on Saturday (31 October) in the Directorate General of Health Services' regular measles report.

According to the report, the death in the past 24 hours, of a person with measles symptoms, occurred in Dhaka division.

Of the 1,252 people who have died since 15 March, 105 died of confirmed measles, while 1,147 died with measles symptoms.

In the past 24 hours, measles and its symptoms were newly detected in 1,084 people. Of them, 987 people showed measles symptoms and 97 people were newly infected with measles.

In total, 23,867 people have been infected with measles from 15 March to date. Over the same period, the total number of suspected measles patients has reached 228,660.

From 15 March to 31 October, 203,528 patients were admitted to hospitals across the country on suspicion of measles.

Over the same period, 195,088 people recovered and returned home from hospital.

By division, the highest number of people detected with measles symptoms in this period was in Dhaka division, at 95,371. In Chattogram division, 45,867 people were detected.

In Barisal division 24,593 people, in Sylhet 19,763, in Khulna 15,517, in Rajshahi 11,456, in Mymensingh 11,816 and in Rangpur division 4,277 people were detected with measles symptoms.