Dhaka, Sept. 7 -- Three more children have died in Bangladesh with measles-like symptoms in the past 24 hours, taking the combined number of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 997, according to the latest data from the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The deaths were recorded in the September 7 update. The number of suspected measles deaths has now reached 897, while laboratory-confirmed measles deaths stand at 100.
The DGHS also reported 1,156 new suspected measles cases over the 24-hour period, taking the total number of suspected cases nationwide to 165,304.
A further 60 laboratory-confirmed cases were recorded, bringing the total number of confirmed infections to 19,756.
Since March 15, 145,270 patients ...