Dhaka, Oct. 19 -- Five more people with symptoms of measles have died across Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The latest fatalities have taken the number of deaths among people with measles symptoms to 1,097 so far this year.

Another 104 people have died from confirmed cases of measles, taking the suspected death toll from the disease to 1,201.

The DGHS said in its bulletin on Monday that Dhaka Division recorded the highest number of deaths among patients with measles symptoms, at 493.

Sylhet Division followed with 193 deaths.

Chattogram recorded 101 deaths, Rajshahi 93, Mymensingh 84, Barishal 65, Khulna 51 and Rangpur 17.

According to the bulletin, 1,307 people with m...