Two more children died with measles-like symptoms in the last 24 hours till Saturday morning, bringing the total number of deaths to 731 since March 15.
With the latest update, the number of suspected measles deaths has risen to 638, while the number of laboratory-confirmed measles deaths remained unchanged at 93, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
A total of 732 new suspected measles cases were reported during the period, bringing the cumulative number of suspected cases nationwide to 104,693.
Meanwhile, 101 new confirmed measles cases were recorded, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed infections to 12,526.
Since March 15, a total of 87,966 patients with suspected measles have been hospitalised across the country, of whom 84,218 have recovered.
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