Dhaka, May 13 -- Eight more children died from measles and similar symptoms in the country in 24 hours till 8:00am on Wednesday, taking the death toll to 432.

Of the new deaths, one was confirmed as measles-related, while the remaining seven were classified as suspected, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Of the suspected deaths, highest three were recorded in Sylhet division.

With this, the total number of confirmed deaths from measles has risen to 69 and suspected deaths to 363, it said.

According to DGHS data, a total of 1,489 suspected measles cases were recorded in the 24 hours. The total number of suspected cases has reached 53,056 during the period.

During this period, 126 new confirmed measles cas...