Seven more children died with measles-like symptoms in the last 24 hours till Saturday morning, bringing the total number of deaths to 677 since March 15.
With the latest update, the number of suspected measles deaths has risen to 584, while the number of laboratory-confirmed measles deaths remained unchanged at 93, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
A total of 807 new suspected measles cases were reported during the 24-hour period, taking the cumulative number of suspected cases nationwide to 91,789.
Meanwhile, 80 new confirmed measles cases were recorded, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed infections to 10,949.
Since April 10, a total of 75,902 patients with suspected measles have been hospitalised across the country, of whom 71,970 have recovered.
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