Three more children have died with measles-like symptoms across Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, while 1,080 children were newly reported with confirmed measles or measles-like symptoms.

The figures were released in the latest measles situation report published by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on Monday (August 3).

According to the report, although three children died with measles symptoms during the reporting period, no deaths from laboratory-confirmed measles were recorded in the last 24 hours.

Since March 15, a total of 751 children have died with measles-like symptoms, while 96 children have died from confirmed measles infections. This brings the overall death toll related to measles and measles-like symptoms to 847.

During the same period, 113 children were confirmed to have measles, while 967 others developed measles-like symptoms, bringing the total number of new cases reported in the last 24 hours to 1,080.

The DGHS also reported that 908 children were admitted to hospitals over the past day, while 906 patients were discharged after receiving treatment.

Since March 15, Bangladesh has recorded 131,050 suspected measles cases and 16,408 laboratory-confirmed measles cases. Of these, 113,528 patients have been hospitalized, and 109,189 have recovered and been discharged.