Eight more children died with measles-like symptoms in the last 24 hours till Wednesday morning, bringing the total number of deaths to 639 since March 15.
With the latest figure, the total number of suspected measles deaths has reached 547, while the confirmed deaths remain at 92, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
A total of 945 new suspected measles cases were reported in the past 24 hours, bringing the cumulative number of suspected cases nationwide to 82,029.
Meanwhile, 94 new confirmed measles cases were recorded, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed infections to 9,927.
Since March 15, a total of 66,999 patients with suspected measles have been hospitalised across the country, of whom 63,145 have recovered.
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