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The number of deaths with measles symptoms is rising in the country. Five more people died with measles symptoms in the past 24 hours, but no information was found of anyone dying of confirmed measles during this period. With this, a total of 1,186 people have died of measles and measles symptoms from 15 March until now.
This information was given in a measles bulletin of the Directorate General of Health Services on Friday. The bulletin presented the account of the 24 hours from 8:00am on Thursday to 8:00am on Friday.
According to the Directorate General of Health Services, 104 people have died of confirmed measles in the country from 15 March until now, while 1,082 have died with measles symptoms.
Of the five people who died with measles symptoms in the past 24 hours, two were from Chattogram division; Dhaka, Mymensingh and Barishal divisions each had one.
By division, the highest number of deaths with measles symptoms occurred in Dhaka division, at 488. Besides, 189 died in Sylhet, 98 in Chattogram, 93 in Rajshahi, 82 in Mymensingh, 65 in Barishal, 49 in Khulna and 17 in Rangpur.
The bulletin of the Directorate General of Health Services said measles symptoms have been seen in 2,11,040 people in the country from 15 March until now, and these symptoms have newly appeared in 1,164 people in the past 24 hours.
In the same period, measles was detected in 46 people through testing. With this, measles has been confirmed in 22,972 people in the country from 15 March until now.
