Eight more people have died in the country in the last 24 hours due to measles symptoms. With this, 104 people have died of confirmed measles and 1,118 people have died with measles symptoms this year.
The total number of deaths due to measles and its symptoms has reached 1,222.
This information was announced in the regular health bulletin of the Directorate General of Health Services on Saturday (October 24).
According to the bulletin, three people died of measles symptoms in Dhaka Division in the last 24 hours from 8 am on Friday. At the same time, 1,065 new patients with measles and its symptoms were admitted to various hospitals in the country.
Highest number of patients admitted in Dhaka division
According to the division-wise statistics of the Directorate General of Health Services, the highest number of patients have been admitted to the Dhaka division in the last 24 hours. 463 people have been admitted to the hospital in this division.
Apart from this, 229 patients have been admitted to hospitals in Chittagong division, 125 in Sylhet, 91 in Barisal, 70 in Khulna, 49 in Mymensingh, 26 in Rangpur and 12 in Rajshahi.
Suspected patients exceed 219,000
According to the Department of Health, a total of 195,514 patients with measles symptoms were admitted to various hospitals in the country from March 15 to Saturday. Of these, 187,605 have recovered and been discharged from the hospital after treatment.
At this time, the number of suspected measles patients in the country has reached 219,884. Of these, 23,324 have been diagnosed with measles.
