Five more children died with measles-like symptoms in the last 24 hours till Saturday morning, bringing the total number of deaths to 648 since March 15.
With the latest update, the number of suspected measles deaths has risen to 556, while the number of laboratory-confirmed measles deaths remains unchanged at 92, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
A total of 733 new suspected measles cases were reported during the 24-hour period, taking the cumulative number of suspected cases nationwide to 84,899.
Meanwhile, 63 new confirmed measles cases were recorded, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed infections to 10,248.
Since March 15, a total of 69,606 patients with suspected measles have been hospitalised across the country, of whom 65,852 have recovered.
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