There were no new fatalities in Samoa’s measles epidemic recorded over the 24-hour observation period.
The Ministry of Health confirmed that the death toll is 70.
There were 87 cases of measles recorded in the last 24 hours.
A total of 4,819 measles cases have been reported to the Disease Surveillance Team.
There are currently 169 measles cases who are in-patients at all health facilities.
Twenty-one children remain critically ill in the ICU/HDU.
Two pregnant women are admitted in hospital.
As of 9 December 2019, approximately 91% of all eligible people in Samoa have been vaccinated against measles.
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