Four more people died with measles symptoms across the country in the past 24 hours, while no deaths from confirmed measles were reported during the period.
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) disclosed the information in its latest measles update on Thursday. The data covered the period from 8am Wednesday to 8am Thursday.
According to the DGHS, a total of 1,299 people have died from measles and measles-like symptoms in the country so far this year. Of them, 105 died from confirmed measles, while 1,194 died with measles symptoms.
Of the latest deaths, two were reported in Sylhet division and one each in Dhaka and Chattogram divisions.
Meanwhile, another 1,384 people developed measles symptoms in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of suspected cases to 244,291.
-MT