Six More Deaths from Measles and Its Symptoms in 24 Hours, Total Deaths Reach 1,263

Six more people have died with measles symptoms across the country in the past 24 hours. Five of them were in Dhaka Division. According to the Directorate General of Health Services, in the 24 hours up to 8am on Tuesday (3 November), five people died with measles symptoms in Dhaka Division and one in Barishal Division.

According to government figures, this brings the total number of deaths from measles and its symptoms since March 15 to 1,263. Of them, 1,158 died with measles symptoms. In the remaining 105 cases, measles had been confirmed.

So far, the highest number of deaths with measles symptoms, 517, has been in Dhaka Division. This is followed by 203 in Sylhet Division, 112 in Chattogram, 93 in Rajshahi, 89 in Mymensingh, 69 in Barishal, 57 in Khulna and 18 in Rangpur Division.

The government's measles bulletin said measles symptoms were seen in 1,318 people at various places in the country in the past 24 hours. During this time, measles was confirmed in 82 people.

In the past 24 hours, 1,260 people were admitted to hospital with measles symptoms. Among them were 489 in Dhaka Division, 236 in Chattogram, 140 in Sylhet, 132 in Barishal, 94 in Khulna, 100 in Mymensingh, 35 in Rangpur and 34 in Rajshahi.

According to the Directorate General of Health Services, from March 15 to Tuesday (3 November), 207,428 people were admitted to hospital with measles symptoms. Among them, 198,752 recovered and returned home from hospital.

In the same period, measles symptoms were identified in more than 232,000 people, according to government figures.