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Measles symptoms claim eight more lives in 24 hours

Published : Saturday, 24 October, 2026 at 4:20 PM

Observer Online Report

Eight more people have died with measles symptoms in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of deaths from confirmed measles and suspected cases to 1,222 this year.

According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), 104 people have died from confirmed measles, while 1,118 others have died with measles symptoms since the beginning of the year.

The figures were released in the DGHS's regular health bulletin on Saturday.

Of the latest deaths, three were reported in Dhaka division between 8:00 AM on Friday and 8:00 AM on Saturday. During the same period, 1,065 patients with measles or measles symptoms were admitted to hospitals across the country.

Dhaka division recorded the highest number of admissions at 463, followed by Chattogram with 229, Sylhet with 125, Barishal with 91, Khulna with 70, Mymensingh with 49, Rangpur with 26 and Rajshahi with 12.

According to the DGHS, a total of 195,514 patients with measles symptoms had been admitted to hospitals across the country since March 15. Of them, 187,605 had recovered and been discharged.

The number of suspected measles cases reported since March 15 reached 219,884, including 23,324 confirmed cases.

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