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Two suspected measles deaths; confirmed death toll remains at 104

Two people died with measles symptoms in the 24 hours ending at 8am on 22 October. The DGHS has recorded 1,103 suspected measles deaths and 104 laboratory-confirmed deaths since 15 March. The latest bulletin reported 995 suspected cases and 36 confirmed cases; no new confirmed measles death was recorded.

Bengal Brief · 23 October 2026 · 1 min read

From 23 October 2026 — Daily Brief

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Bangladesh reported two more deaths with measles symptoms in the 24 hours ending at 8am on Thursday, 22 October. No new death from laboratory-confirmed measles was recorded during that period, according to the Directorate General of Health Services.

The two deaths raised the number associated with suspected measles to 1,103 since 15 March. The confirmed measles death toll remained at 104.

The latest daily bulletin recorded 995 suspected measles cases and 36 confirmed cases. Since the reporting period began on 15 March, the respective totals have reached 217,760 suspected cases and 23,248 confirmed cases.

The DGHS figures also show 193,608 hospital admissions involving suspected measles since 15 March, with 185,927 patients discharged over that period.

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