Dhaka, Sept. 21 -- Six more children died with measles and measles-like symptoms in 24 hours until 8:00am on Monday, bringing the country's combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 1063 this year.

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

With these, the total number of suspected measles deaths has reached 962, while confirmed deaths from measles have remained the same at 101, it said.

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 181,035.

Meanwhile, 84 new confirmed measles cases were recorded, bringing the total number of labor...