Dhaka, Oct. 2 -- Four children died of measles and similar symptoms in the 24 hours until 8:00am on Friday, bringing the country's combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 1,114 this year.

Of the latest fatalities, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has classified one as a confirmed measles death and the remaining three as suspected deaths.

With this, the number of suspected measles deaths has risen to 1,012, while confirmed deaths have reached 102.

A total of 1,221 new suspected measles cases were reported during the 24-hour period, bringing the cumulative number of suspected cases nationwide to 194,084.

Meanwhile, 21 new confirmed measles cases were recorded, bringing the total number of lab...