Four more children died with measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours until 8am on Saturday (18 July), bringing Bangladesh's combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 784.
Of the total fatalities, 95 were confirmed cases, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) bulletin.
Meanwhile, as many as 699 suspected and 74 confirmed measles infections were recorded in the past 24 hours. Demographics
The total suspected measles infections rose to 116,710 and confirmed infections to 14,318.
In response to a measles outbreak rapidly spreading across the country, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has already vaccinated over 18.48 million children since April.
Measles is a highly contagious viral disease, which affects individuals of all ages and remains one of the leading causes of death among young children globally.
Meanwhile, one more dengue patient died in the past 24 hours while 242 others were hospitalised.
The total number of dengue related deaths rose to 33 and caseload to 10,012 since January this year.
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