Dhaka, May 20 -- Six children have died with measles and related symptoms in a 24-hour count.

Three of the children were confirmed to have measles while the other three showed symptoms consistent with the disease.

In addition, 138 new cases of measles have been confirmed by laboratory testing over the period.

In its regular bulletin on Wednesday, the Directorate General of Health Services said 80 people had died of confirmed measles cases across the country since Mar 15. In addition, 401 others have died with measles-like symptoms.

The Dhaka Division has seen the most deaths from measles-like symptoms with 159. Second is the Rajshahi Division with 78.

DGHS says that 1,270 people went to hospitals with measles symptoms. Of them, 1,145...