Three more patients died with measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours until 8:00am yesterday, bringing the country’s combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 918 this year.
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has classified all three latest fatalities as suspected measles deaths.
With this, the total number of suspected measles deaths has reached 819, while confirmed deaths from measles have remained unchanged at 99.
A total of 1,002 new suspected measles cases were reported during the period, bringing the cumulative number of suspected cases nationwide to 1,44,780.
Meanwhile, 59 new confirmed measles cases were recorded, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed infections to 17,989.
Three more patients died with measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours until 8:00am yesterday, bringing the country’s combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 918 this year.
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has classified all three latest fatalities as suspected measles deaths.
With this, the total number of suspected measles deaths has reached 819, while confirmed deaths from measles have remained unchanged at 99.
A total of 1,002 new suspected measles cases were reported during the period, bringing the cumulative number of suspected cases nationwide to 1,44,780.
Meanwhile, 59 new confirmed measles cases were recorded, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed infections to 17,989. Since March 15 this year, a total of 1,26, 289 patients with suspected measles have been hospitalised across the country, of whom 1,21,880 have recovered, according to DGHS data.
Health experts attributed the continued outbreak to a gap in vaccination coverage affecting children, infections among children outside the campaign’s target age group, and inadequate infection prevention and control measures.
