Three more children died with measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours until 8am on Thursday, bringing the country’s combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 925 this year.

The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) classified all three latest fatalities as suspected measles deaths.

With these deaths, the total number of suspected measles deaths has reached 826, while confirmed measles deaths remain at 99.

A total of 1,004 new suspected measles cases were reported during the 24-hour period, bringing the cumulative number of suspected cases nationwide to 146,715.

Meanwhile, 68 new confirmed measles cases were recorded, taking the total number of laboratory-confirmed infections to 18,144.

Since March 15 this year, a total of 128,026 patients with suspected measles have been hospitalised across the country, of whom 123,684 have recovered, according to DGHS data.