RANGPUR, April 12, 2026 (BSS) - The total number of suspected measles-rubella patients in Rangpur division has increased to 485 with 82 more suspected measles-rubella infection cases identified in the last 24 hours. 
 
Out of the total of 485 children identified as suspected based on symptoms, the health department has so far confirmed measles-rubella infection cases in 17 children across the division. 
 
"Among them, 13 children have been diagnosed with measles and four with rubella in the division where no deaths have been reported so far," said Divisional Director (Health) Dr Md Gausul Azim Chowdhury today.
 
Of the total 485 suspected measles-rubella infection cases, 42 cases have been identified in Rangpur, 15 in Lalmonirhat, seven in Kurigram, 85 in Nilphamari, 100 in Dinajpur, 30 in Gaibandha, 78 in Thakurgaon, 30 in Panchagarh, 42 at Dinajpur Medical College Hospital and 56 at Rangpur Medical College Hospital in the division. 
 
The samples of every patient who comes to the district or upazila level hospitals with symptoms are being collected and sent to Dhaka for testing. 
 
So far, 485 suspected patients with measles-rubella symptoms have been given treatment outdoors or admitted to the two medical college hospitals, district-level hospitals and upazila health complexes of Rangpur division.
 
"Of them, 436 children have recovered, released and returned home and 49 more are undergoing treatment," Dr Md Gausul Azim Chowdhury said. 
 
Currently, three patients are undergoing treatments at government hospitals in Lalmonirhat, one in Rangpur, three in Kurigram, three in Nilphamari, four in Dinajpur, five in Gaibandha, eight in Thakurgaon, six in Dinajpur Medical College Hospital and 16 in Rangpur Medical College Hospital in the division. 
  
Patients admitted with measles-rubella symptoms are being treated in the isolation corners in two medical college hospitals, district hospitals and upazila health complexes of Rangpur division.