The child contracted the illness and died as a result, with multiple organ failure syndrome and measles-related bronchopneumonia listed as the causes of death.
Around 156 suspected measles cases were found during the BMC s surveys. The viral disease is more common among children. The tally of measles cases reported in the city since the start of the year rose to 233.
The one-year-child succumbed to after developing a severe lung infection; the child was on life support since Saturday afternoon before its death on Monday noon.