Three more children died with measles-like symptoms in the last 24 hours till Monday morning, bringing the total number of deaths to 741 since March 15.
With the latest update, the number of suspected measles deaths has risen to 648, while the number of laboratory-confirmed measles deaths remained unchanged at 93, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
A total of 947 new suspected measles cases were reported during the period, bringing the cumulative number of suspected cases nationwide to 106,565.
Meanwhile, 159 new confirmed measles cases were recorded, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed infections to 12,791.
Since March 15, a total of 89,734 patients with suspected measles have been hospitalised across the country, of whom 86,062 have recovered.
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