Dhaka: Six more children have died with measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours until 8:00 am on Thursday, increasing the country’s combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 860 this year.

According to United News of Bangladesh, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) reported that all the latest fatalities were suspected measles deaths. With this update, the number of suspected measles deaths has climbed to 764, while the number of laboratory-confirmed measles deaths remains unchanged at 96.

The health authority also recorded 733 new suspected measles cases during the 24-hour period, bringing the cumulative number of suspected cases nationwide to 133,638. In addition, 85 new confirmed measles cases were documented, elevating the total number of laboratory-confirmed infections to 16,740.

Since March 15 this year, a total of 115,879 patients with suspected measles have been hospitalized across the country, of whom 111,587 have recovered, according to DGHS data.