Five more children died with measles-like symptoms in the last 24 hours till Thursday morning, bringing the total number of deaths to 724 since March 15.
With the latest update, the number of suspected measles deaths in the country has risen to 631, while the number of laboratory-confirmed measles deaths remained unchanged at 93.
A total of 965 new suspected measles cases were reported during the 24-hour period, bringing the cumulative number of suspected cases nationwide to 102,993.
Meanwhile, 154 new confirmed measles cases were recorded, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed infections to 12,286.
Since March 15, a total of 86,411 patients with suspected measles have been hospitalised across the country, of whom 82,759 have recovered.
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