Three more children have died with measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours until 8am on Saturday, raising the country’s combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 963 this year.
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) classified all three latest fatalities as suspected measles deaths.
With the new deaths, the number of suspected measles-related fatalities has reached 864, while confirmed measles deaths remain unchanged at 99.
During the same 24-hour period, 886 new suspected measles cases were reported, taking the nationwide total of suspected cases to 155,678.
Meanwhile, 57 new confirmed measles infections were recorded, increasing the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 18,853.
According to DGHS data, since 15 March this year, a total of 136,257 patients with suspected measles have been hospitalised across the country. Of them, 131,264 have recovered.
