Six more people died with measles-like symptoms across the country in the past 24 hours till 8:00am on Tuesday, bringing the combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 1,263.
With this, the number of suspected measles deaths rose to 1,158, while the tally of laboratory-confirmed measles deaths remained unchanged at 105, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
A total of 1,318 new suspected measles cases were reported during the 24-hour period, taking the cumulative number of suspected cases nationwide to 232,823.
Meanwhile, 82 new confirmed measles cases were recorded, pushing laboratory-confirmed infections to 24,073.
A total of 197,548 have recovered since March 15 this year, according to the DGHS.
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