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5 dead, 1,356 hospitalized with measles symptoms

Published : Sunday, 25 October, 2026 at 4:04 PM

Observer Online Report

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Five more people have died with measles symptoms across the country in the last 24 hours, taking the total death toll from confirmed measles and suspected symptoms to 1,227 this year.

According to data released by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) in its regular bulletin on Sunday (October 25), 104 deaths have been officially confirmed from measles, while 1,123 individuals have died with measles symptoms so far this year.

During the 24-hour period ending at 8:00 AM on Saturday, all three newly reported deaths occurred in the Chattogram division. A total of 1,356 new patients were admitted to hospitals nationwide with confirmed measles or related symptoms over the same period.

A division-wise breakdown shows that Dhaka recorded the highest number of new hospitalizations at 626, followed by Chattogram with 225, Barishal with 135, Sylhet with 133, Mymensingh with 107, Khulna with 60, Rangpur with 39, and Rajshahi with 30 patients.

DGHS statistics show that between March 15 and October 25, a cumulative total of 196,703 patients with measles symptoms were admitted to various hospitals across the country. Of them, 188,674 patients have returned home after receiving medical treatment.

Since March 15, the total number of suspected measles cases in the country has reached 221,164, with 23,400 cases officially confirmed through laboratory testing.

-SA

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Editor : Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury

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