Four more children have died from measles-like symptoms in 24 hours until 8:00am on Wednesday, raising Bangladesh’s combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 661.

According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), the latest four deaths have been classified as suspected measles fatalities.

With the latest update, the number of suspected measles deaths has risen to 568, while the number of laboratory-confirmed measles deaths remained unchanged at 93.

A total of 966 new suspected measles cases were reported during the 24-hour period, taking the cumulative number of suspected cases nationwide to 88,895.

Meanwhile, 111 new confirmed measles cases were recorded, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed infections to 10,634.

Since March 15, a total of 73,277 patients with suspected measles have been hospitalised across the country, of whom 69,688 have recovered, according to DGHS data.