13 more death in 24 hours due to measles: DGHS

More 13 children died of measles or measles syndrome in the last 24 hours across the country. Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) in its daily press release said as many as 2132 children were admitted to hospital with the symptoms of measles during this time. With the new figure a total of 62,507 suspected measles patients have been registered in the last three months from March 15, said the release.

The number of confirmed measles patients was 165 in the last 24 hours while the number of confirmed measles patients was 8,494 during the last three months,  From March 15, a total of 49,389 suspected measles patients so far took admission in the hospital whereas 45,011 were recovered and released from the hospital during the same period. In last 24 hours,  a total of 12 children reported dead due to suspected measles cases while suspected death toll rose 426 between March 15 to May 23.

In Dhaka division, the highest 29,630 children so far have been infected with suspected measles, out of them 5,883 were confirmed infected with measles, the DGHS release added.