Dhaka, June 20 -- Seven more children have died with symptoms consistent with measles in the 24 hours until 8:00am on Saturday, taking Bangladesh's combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 677.

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

Bangladesh logs four more suspected measles deaths

With the latest update, the number of suspected measles deaths has risen to 584, while the number of laboratory-confirmed measles deaths remained unchanged at 93.

A total of 807 new suspected measles cases were reported during the 24-hour period, taking the cumulative number of suspected cases nationwide to 91,789.

Meanwhile, 80 new confirmed measles ca...