Six people have died of measles and its symptoms across the country in the past 24 hours. In the same period 1,213 people were newly affected.
The information was given on Tuesday in the regular measles report of the Directorate General of Health Services.
The report says 1,074 people were identified as cases with measles symptoms in the past 24 hours. That takes the number of patients identified with measles symptoms since 15 March to 207,371.
In the past 24 hours 139 people were confirmed to have measles. The number of confirmed measles patients in the country from 15 March to 13 October stands at 22,712.
According to the directorate, 184,269 people were admitted to hospital with measles symptoms from 15 March to 13 October. In the same period 176,672 recovered and were discharged.
A total of 1,066 people died with measles symptoms from 15 March to 13 October.
No one died of confirmed measles in the past 24 hours, however. From 15 March to 13 October a total of 104 people died of confirmed measles.
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