Two more die with measles-like symptoms in 24 hours
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Two children died with measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours ending at 8:00am today, bringing the country’s combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to…
Two children died with measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours ending at 8:00am today, bringing the country’s combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 1,306 this year.
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has classified the latest fatalities as suspected measles deaths.
With these, the total number of suspected measles deaths has reached 1,201, while confirmed deaths from measles have remained the same at 105.
A total of 1,084 new suspected measles cases were reported during the 24-hour period, pushing the cumulative number of suspected cases nationwide to 246,646.
Meanwhile, 83 new confirmed measles cases were recorded, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed infections to 25,111.
Since March 15 this year, a total of 220,247 patients with suspected measles have been hospitalised across the country, of whom 211,303 have recovered, according to DGHS data.
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