Four more patients died with measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours until 8:00am yesterday, bringing the country’s combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 1,181 this year.
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) classified all four latest fatalities as suspected measles deaths.
With these deaths, the total number of suspected measles deaths has reached 1,077, while confirmed deaths from measles remain unchanged at 104.
A total of 1,306 new suspected measles cases were reported during the 24 hours, bringing the cumulative nationwide total to 2,09,876.
Meanwhile, 86 new confirmed measles cases were recorded, taking the total number of laboratory-confirmed infections to 22,926.
Since March 15 this year, a total of 1,86,583 patients with suspected measles have been hospitalised across the country. Of them, 1,78,869 have recovered, according to the DGHS.