Seven more children have died from suspected measles across the country during the past 24 hours till Sunday morning, bringing the total number of deaths to 738 since March 15.
With the latest update, the number of suspected measles deaths in the country has risen to 645, while the number of laboratory-confirmed measles deaths remained unchanged at 93, according to a press release of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
A total of 925 new suspected measles cases were reported during the period, bringing the cumulative number of suspected cases nationwide to 105,618.
Meanwhile, 106 new confirmed measles cases were recorded, raising the total number of laboratory-confirmed infections to 12,632.
Since March 15, a total of 88,844 patients with suspected measles have been hospitalised across the country, of whom 85,122 have recovered.
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