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4 more children die with measles-like symptoms
Greenwatch Desk
Disease
2026-11-06, 4:24pm
Four children died with measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours ending at 8:00am on Friday, bringing the country’s combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 1,276 this year.
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has classified all four latest fatalities as suspected measles deaths.
With these, the total number of suspected measles deaths has reached 1,171, while confirmed deaths from measles have remained the same at 105.
A total of 1,239 new suspected measles cases were reported during the 24-hour period, pushing the cumulative number of suspected cases nationwide to 236,714.
Meanwhile, 75 new confirmed measles cases were recorded, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed infections to 24,294, reports UNB.
Since March 15 this year, a total of 210,982 patients with suspected measles have been hospitalised across the country, of whom 202,394 have recovered, according to DGHS data.