Five additional children passed away with measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours leading up to 8 am on Friday, raising Bangladesh's combined toll of confirmed and suspected measles-related fatalities to 1,186 this year.

According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), all five of the latest deaths were categorized as suspected measles cases.

Consequently, the national aggregate of suspected measles fatalities has risen to 1,082, while the count of laboratory-confirmed deaths remains unchanged at 104.

Over the same 24-hour window, health authorities documented 1,164 new suspected measles infections, pushing the nationwide cumulative total of suspected cases to 211,040.

Additionally, 46 new confirmed cases were identified, elevating the total number of laboratory-confirmed infections to 22,972.

Official data from the DGHS further indicates that since March 15 of this year, a total of 187,615 patients exhibiting suspected measles symptoms have been admitted to hospitals across the country, with 180,002 among them successfully making a recovery.