Eight children died with measles-like symptoms in 24 hours, till 8:00am today, raising the country’s combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 1,030 this year.

Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) classified all eight latest fatalities as suspected measles deaths.

The number of suspected measles-related deaths has now reached 930, while confirmed deaths remain at 100.

During the same 24-hour period, 1,177 new suspected measles cases were reported, taking the nationwide tally to 172,720.

Meanwhile, 55 new laboratory-confirmed measles cases were recorded, bringing the total number of confirmed infections to 20,124.

According to DGHS data, 152,117 patients with suspected measles have been hospitalised across the country since March 15 this year. Of them, 146,400 have recovered.