2 deaths from measles in 24 hours, 60 hospitalized

BD Digest Report

2 people have died of measles in the country in the last 24 hours. During this time, 60 people have been newly admitted to hospitals.

This information was given in a press release sent from the Directorate General of Health Services on Saturday.

The notification said that while 2 people died of measles in the past 24 hours, 4 more people died with measles symptoms.

In addition, 60 people were hospitalized with new measles infections, while 787 people were admitted with measles symptoms.

From March 15 to April 3, the total number of confirmed measles cases was 826 and the number of suspected measles cases was 6,476.

From March 15 to April 3, 16 people died of confirmed measles, and 98 people died of suspected measles during the same period.

The notification further stated that the total number of recovered patients from March 15 to April 3 was 2,654.