Seven More Children Die of Measles in 24 Hours: Total Deaths Reach 1,240, with 1,295 New Cases

Seven more children have died with measles and its symptoms in the country in the last 24 hours. The information was given in a press release sent on Tuesday (October 27) by the control room of the Directorate General of Health Services.

Of the seven children who died, six died with measles symptoms and one died of laboratory-confirmed measles.

In the same 24 hours, another 1,295 children were affected with measles and its symptoms across the country. Among them, measles was confirmed by testing in 63 children, while 1,232 children received treatment with measles symptoms.

With these seven deaths, the total number of deaths with measles and its symptoms since the start of the outbreak has now reached 1,240.

According to the Directorate General of Health Services, from March 15 to October 27 this year, 1,135 children died with measles symptoms in the country. In the same period, another 105 children died of laboratory-confirmed measles.

The total number of suspected measles patients in the country now stands at 223,784. Among them, 23,541 are laboratory-confirmed measles patients.

A total of 199,127 patients have been admitted to hospitals. Of them, 191,090 returned home after receiving discharge certificates on completion of treatment.