Bangladesh: Measles and dengue fever outbreaks 2026
Bangladesh is facing significant health challenges with over 123,000 suspected measles cases and 13,000 dengue fever cases reported so far in 2026. Health authorities are managing high hospitalization rates and rising death tolls across multiple divisions.
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Measles
Bangladesh health authorities report 990 additional suspected measles cases in the past 24 hours. This brings the outbreak total since March 15 to 123,753 cases.
15,442 of the cases have been laboratory confirmed.
The death toll in now 820 total cases, including 95 deaths among confirmed cases, following four additional deaths during the past 24 hours.
Since March 15, a total of 106,239 patients with suspected measles have been hospitalized across the country, of whom 102,467 have recovered, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
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