Six more people have died of measles and measles-like symptoms across Bangladesh in the past 24 hours. Of them, two were confirmed to have died from measles.

The information was disclosed in the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) regular health bulletin on Wednesday (October 7).

According to the DGHS, four people died in the Dhaka division from measles and suspected measles during the 24-hour period from 8am Tuesday. During the same period, 1,390 new patients were admitted to hospitals across the country with measles or related symptoms.

Among them, 532 patients were admitted in Dhaka division, 273 in Chattogram, 139 in Barishal, 132 in Khulna, 152 in Sylhet, 82 in Mymensingh, 47 in Rangpur and 33 in Rajshahi.

According to DGHS data, a total of 177,676 patients with suspected measles have been admitted to hospitals across the country since March 15 this year. Of them, 170,473 have been discharged after receiving treatment.

Since March 15, the number of suspected measles cases reported in the country has reached 200,293. Of these, 22,020 cases have been confirmed as measles.

However, there appears to be an inconsistency in the death figures provided by the DGHS. The bulletin says 104 people have died from confirmed measles and 1,036 from suspected measles. Adding these figures gives a total of 1,140 deaths, not 1,034 as stated in the report.