Bangladesh recorded 941 new suspected cases and 79 laboratory-confirmed infections in the latest 24-hour period.
TBS Report
19 September, 2026, 04:15 pm
Last modified: 19 September, 2026, 04:24 pm
Children receive treatment during Bangladesh’s measles outbreak. Photo: Mehedi Hasan/TBS
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Children receive treatment during Bangladesh’s measles outbreak. Photo: Mehedi Hasan/TBS
Five children died with measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours until 8am today (19 September), taking Bangladesh’s combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 1,053 this year, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
With the latest deaths, the number of suspected measles-related deaths has risen to 952, while laboratory-confirmed measles deaths have reached 101, according to the DGHS daily update.
The health authorities recorded 941 new suspected measles cases during the 24-hour period, taking the cumulative number of suspected cases nationwide to 1,78,666.
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Meanwhile, 79 new laboratory-confirmed cases were reported, bringing the total number of confirmed measles infections to 20,474.
Since 15 March this year, a total of 1,57,556 patients with measles-like symptoms have been hospitalised across the country, of whom 1,51,395 have recovered, according to DGHS data.