Dhaka, June 9 -- Three more children have died from measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours until 8:00am on Tuesday, raising Bangladesh's combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 631.

According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), the latest three deaths have been classified as suspected measles fatalities.

Bangladesh records 7 more suspected measles deaths

With the latest update, the number of suspected measles deaths has risen to 539, while the number of laboratory-confirmed measles deaths remains unchanged at 92.

A total of 980 new suspected measles cases were reported during the 24-hour period, taking the cumulative number of suspected cases nationwide to 81,084.

Meanwhile, 54 new confirm...