The deaths among children from confirmed and suspected cases of measles rose past 1,000 in about six months with three new deaths reported in the 24 hours till 8am on Wednesday.

All the three children died from suspected measles cases, and no death was reported from confirmed measles diagnosis, said the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) in an update.

Over the past 24 hours, 1,119 people were diagnosed with suspected measles or measles-like symptoms, and 69 were diagnosed with confirmed measles cases.

Since 15 March, 1,67,580 people have been diagnosed with measles-like symptoms and 19,904 have been diagnosed with measles.

Since 15 March, 902 children have died from measles-like symptoms and 100 children have died from measles.