Measles-like symptoms claim two more children’s lives, death toll reaches 1,164

Two more children died with measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours until 8am on Monday, bringing the country’s combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 1,164 this year.

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

With this, the total number of suspected measles deaths has reached 1,060, while confirmed deaths from measles have remained the same at 104.

A total of 1,269 new suspected measles cases were reported during the 24-hour period, taking the cumulative number of suspected cases nationwide to 206,297

Meanwhile, 152 new confirmed measles cases were recorded, pushing laboratory-confirmed infections to 22,573.

Since March 15 this year, a total of 183,226 patients with suspected measles have been hospitalised across the country, of whom 175,655 have recovered, according to the DGHS.