DHAKA, April 4 (Xinhua) -- Bangladesh recorded 947 new suspected measles cases and three more deaths in the past 24 hours, the country's health authority said on Friday, raising the total suspected cases to 5,792 and the death toll to 94.
According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), the three latest suspected measles-related deaths occurred between 8 a.m. on Thursday and 8 a.m. on Friday.
During the same period, it said 947 patients with measles-like symptoms were admitted to hospitals nationwide, of whom 42 later tested positive for the disease in laboratory tests.
DGHS data compiled between March 15 and April 3 shows 771 laboratory-confirmed measles cases and nine confirmed deaths over that period. ■
