Dhaka, June 6 -- Five more children have died from measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours leading up to 8:00am on Saturday, raising the fatalities from the disease in Bangladesh to 613.

The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has classified the latest casualties as suspected.

With the latest figure, the total number of suspected measles deaths has reached 522, while the confirmed deaths remained unchanged at 91.

5 more children die from measles-like symptoms

A total of 915 suspected measles cases were recorded in 24 hours till Saturday morning, taking the overall suspected cases to 77,791.

During the same period, 117 new confirmed measles cases were reported, bringing the total number of confirmed infections to 9,620.

Since...