Measles death toll rises to 967

Four children died with measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday, raising the country’s combined number of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 967 this year.

The DGHS has classified all four latest fatalities as suspected measles deaths.

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With these, the total number of suspected measles deaths has reached 868, while confirmed deaths from measles remained at 99.

A total of 1,151 new suspected measles cases were reported during the 24-hour period, bringing the cumulative number of suspected cases nationwide to 1,56,829.

Meanwhile, 365 new confirmed measles cases were recorded, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed infections to 19,218.

Since March 15 this year, a total of 1,37,347 patients with suspected measles have been hospitalised across the country, of whom 1,32,292 have recovered, according to DGHS data.