5 more die with measles, related symptoms; death toll rises to 885

Five more patients died with measles and measles-like symptoms in 24 hours until 8:00am today, bringing the country's combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 885 this year.

According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), one was a confirmed measles death, while the remaining four were classified as suspected deaths.

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With this, the total number of confirmed deaths from measles has risen to 99 and suspected deaths to 786.

A total of 941 new suspected measles cases were reported during the 24-hour period, bringing the cumulative number of suspected cases nationwide to 139,125.

Meanwhile, 84 new confirmed measles cases were recorded, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed infections to 17,469.

Since March 15 this year, a total of 121,013 patients with suspected measles have been hospitalised across the country, of whom 116,827 have recovered, according to DGHS data.