Five more children died with measles-like symptoms in 24 hours until 8:00am on Monday, raising the combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 825 in the country.
According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), all the latest fatalities were suspected measles deaths.
With the latest update, the number of suspected measles deaths has risen to 730, while the number of laboratory-confirmed measles deaths remained 95.
A total of 992 new suspected measles cases were reported during the 24-hour period, bringing the cumulative number of suspected cases nationwide to 124,745.
Meanwhile, 113 new confirmed measles cases were recorded, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed infections to 15,555
Since March 15, a total of 107,654 patients with suspected measles have been hospitalised across the country, of whom 103,467 have recovered, according to DGHS data.