Dhaka, June 3 -- A growing number of adult patients have been admitted to Sylhet hospitals with measles symptoms, a trend that has raised concern as the outbreak continues across the division.

While measles is typically considered a children's disease, physicians say they are increasingly treating teenagers, young adults, and some elderly patients.

Recovery rates among adults, however, appear higher than among children.

According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), 61 children had died with measles symptoms in Sylhet Division as of Tuesday.

A 22-year-old midwife, Jerin Sultana, also died on Monday.

SM Sajjadul Haque, a physician at Shahid Shamsuddin Ahmed Hospital, said hospitals were seeing a steady flow of adult p...