Six more people died with suspected measles symptoms across Bangladesh in the past 24 hours. However, no death among patients with confirmed measles was reported during the period.

A total of 1,291 suspected measles cases were identified during the same period, while measles was confirmed in 102 patients.

The information was disclosed in Tuesday’s health bulletin issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Integrated Control Centre. The figures cover the period from 8:00am Monday to 8:00am Tuesday.

According to the report, a total of 199,013 suspected measles cases have been identified in the country since March 15 this year. Of them, 21,910 cases have been confirmed as measles.

During this period, 176,516 suspected measles patients were admitted to hospitals, while 169,290 were discharged.

In the past 24 hours, 1,180 patients were admitted to hospitals and 1,148 were discharged. Six suspected measles patients died during the period—two each in Dhaka and Chattogram, and one each in Barishal and Khulna.

According to DGHS data, no confirmed measles patient died in the past 24 hours. However, a total of 1,032 deaths have been reported among suspected measles patients since March 15, of which 102 have been confirmed as measles-related.

Dhaka recorded the highest number of suspected cases in the past 24 hours, with 486, followed by Chattogram with 260, Sylhet 164, Barishal 123, Khulna 111, Mymensingh 85, Rangpur 35 and Rajshahi 27.

Dhaka also recorded the highest number of confirmed cases, with 82, followed by Chattogram with 13 and Rangpur with seven.

Meanwhile, under this year’s national measles-rubella vaccination campaign, 20,422,559 people have been vaccinated against a target of 18,015,064. The vaccination coverage has reached 113.4 percent.