Dhaka, Nov. 13 -- Bangladesh has recorded five more deaths with measles symptoms in a day, lifting the combined toll of confirmed and suspected cases to 1,304.

The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said on Friday that three of the deaths in the 24 hours from 8am on Thursday were in Sylhet Division, and one each in Dhaka and Mymensingh.

Of the 1,304 deaths since Mar 15, 1,199 were people with measles symptoms and 105 were confirmed cases.

Dhaka Division has recorded the most symptom-related deaths, 535, followed by Sylhet with 213, Chattogram with 120, Rajshahi and Mymensingh with 93 each, Barishal with 70, Khulna with 57 and Rangpur with 18.

Health officials found symptoms in 1,271 people nationwide in the past 24 hours, a...