Various cold-related diseases have affected 5,527 people across the country in the last 24 hours, the government said on Monday.

Data from the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) control room showed that 777 of the patients received treatment for acute respiratory infection.

Another 1,926 were treated for diarrhoea, and 2,824 for other diseases including jaundice, inflammation in the eye, skin diseases, and fever.

Fifty one deaths were reported across the country between November 1 and January 4 due to cold-related diseases.