Three children died with measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours until 8:00am on Thursday, raising the country’s combined number of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 986 this year.
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has classified all three latest fatalities as suspected measles deaths.
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With these, the total number of suspected measles deaths has reached 887, while confirmed deaths from measles have remained the same at 99.
A total of 964 new suspected measles cases were reported during the 24-hour period, bringing the cumulative number of suspected cases nationwide to 161,148.
Meanwhile, 80 new confirmed measles cases were recorded, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed infections to 19,527.
Since March 15 this year, a total of 141,449 patients with suspected measles have been hospitalised across the country, of whom 136,405 have recovered, according to DGHS data.