Dhaka, April 28 -- Nine more people with measles and measles-like symptoms have died in Bangladesh over a 24-hour period.

Of them, three had confirmed cases of measles, while the other six had symptoms consistent with the highly-infectious disease.

The regular bulletin on measles from the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on Friday said that 47 people have died of measles across the country since Mar 15.

In addition, 226 people with measles-like symptoms have died over the same period.

Dhaka Division has reported the highest number of deaths at 105, followed by Rajshahi with 70.

In the last 24 hours, 163 new confirmed cases were recorded.

A total of 1,276 patients with symptoms were admitted to hospitals during the perio...