Six more children died with measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours until 8:00am on Tuesday, bringing the country’s combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 1,170 this year.
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) classified all six latest fatalities as suspected measles deaths.
With this, the total number of suspected measles deaths has reached 1,066, while confirmed deaths from measles have remained the same at 104.
A total of 1,074 new suspected measles cases were reported during the 24-hour period, taking the cumulative number of suspected cases nationwide to 207,371.
Meanwhile, 139 new confirmed measles cases were recorded, pushing laboratory-confirmed infections to 22,712
Since March 15 this year, a total of 184,269 patients with suspected measles have been hospitalised across the country, of whom 176,672 have recovered, according to the DGHS.