Three more children died from measles-like symptoms in 24 hours until 8am today (18 August), bringing Bangladesh's combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 918.
With the latest update, the number of suspected measles deaths has risen to 819 while the number of laboratory-confirmed measles deaths has reached 99.
A total of 1002 new suspected measles cases were reported during the 24-hour period, bringing the cumulative number of suspected cases nationwide to 144780.
Meanwhile, 59 new confirmed measles cases were recorded, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed infections to 17,989.
Since 15 March, a total of 126289 patients with suspected measles have been hospitalised across the country, of whom 121880 have recovered, according to DGHS data.
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