Six more children have died of measles in the country in the last 24 hours. At the same time, 85 people were diagnosed with measles and 733 people showed symptoms of measles.
This information was given in the regular measles report of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on Thursday (August 6th).
According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), four children and two children died of measles in the Dhaka division in the last one day. As a result, the total number of measles and symptoms in the country has risen to 860 since March 15. Of these, 764 people have died of measles and 96 have died from the test confirmed by measles.
According to the report, eighty-five people have been confirmed in the last 24 hours. The total number of confirmed measles patients has increased to 16 thousand 740 people since March 15 this year.
In addition, 733 people have been diagnosed with measles in the last one day. As a result, the total number of suspected or symptomatic patients has increased to 1 lakh 33 thousand 638 people.
According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), a total of 15 thousand 879 people were admitted to hospitals with measles and symptoms from March 15 to Thursday. Eleven thousand of them have recovered and left the hospital.