Dhaka, Nov. 15 -- Bangladesh has recorded eight more deaths with measles symptoms in a day, lifting the combined toll of confirmed and suspected cases to 1,344.

The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said on Sunday that six of the deaths in the 24 hours from 8am on Saturday were in the Dhaka Division, and one each in Chattogram and Khulna.

Of the 1,344 deaths since Mar 15, 1,209 were people with measles symptoms and 105 were confirmed cases.

Dhaka Division has recorded the most symptom-related deaths, 542, followed by Sylhet with 214, Chattogram with 121, Rajshahi and Mymensingh with 93 each, Barishal with 70, Khulna with 58 and Rangpur with 18.

Health officials found symptoms in 1,414 people nationwide in the past 24 hours...