Eleven more children died from measles and similar symptoms in Bangladesh in the 24 hours to 8am Wednesday, taking the total death toll to 1,076, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The DGHS classified all 11 latest fatalities as suspected measles deaths.

With the latest deaths, the number of suspected measles deaths has reached 975, while confirmed measles deaths remain at 101.

A total of 1,157 new suspected measles cases were reported during the 24-hour period, taking the cumulative number of suspected cases nationwide to 183,449.

Meanwhile, 113 new laboratory-confirmed measles cases were recorded, bringing the total number of confirmed infections to 20,851.

Since March 15, a total of 162,048 patients with suspected measles have been hospitalised across the country, according to DGHS data.

Of them, 155,612 have recovered.