Dengue kills three more, measles and symptoms claim two lives

Three more people have died from dengue and two from measles-related symptoms in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The latest figures, released by the DGHS on Sunday, also showed that 2,333 people were hospitalised with dengue and 1,225 children were affected by measles and measles-like symptoms during the same period.

Of the 2,333 new dengue patients, 1,124 were admitted in Dhaka division, 332 in Khulna, 272 in Chattogram, 232 in Barishal, 113 in Rajshahi, 74 in Rangpur, 70 in Mymensingh and 15 in Sylhet.

With the latest deaths, the country's dengue death toll reached 461 this year. A total of 149,913 people have been hospitalised with dengue since January 1, while 143,389 have recovered. Currently, 6,063 patients are receiving treatment in hospitals.

Meanwhile, two more deaths from measles-related symptoms were reported in the past 24 hours. No deaths from confirmed measles were recorded during the period.

Since March 15, a total of 1,282 people have died from confirmed measles and measles-like symptoms. Of them, 105 deaths were attributed to confirmed measles and 1,177 to measles-like symptoms, according to the DGHS.

The health authorities recorded 1,138 suspected measles cases and 87 confirmed cases in the latest 24-hour period, bringing the total number of affected children to 1,225.

Since March 15, a total of 212,979 suspected measles patients have been admitted to hospitals, of whom 204,049 have recovered and been discharged. During the same period, 238,840 people developed measles-like symptoms, while 24,442 were confirmed to have measles.

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