Four more children died from measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours until 8am today (19 August), taking Bangladesh's combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 922.
With the latest update, the number of suspected measles deaths has risen to 823, while laboratory-confirmed measles deaths remain at 99.
A total of 931 new suspected measles cases were reported during the 24-hour period, bringing the cumulative number of suspected cases nationwide to 145,711.
Meanwhile, 87 new laboratory-confirmed measles cases were recorded, taking the total number of confirmed infections to 18,076.
Since 15 March, a total of 127,076 patients with suspected measles have been hospitalised across the country, of whom 122,805 have recovered, according to data from the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
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