Seven children died with measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours leading up to 8am on Sunday, taking the combined number of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths in the country to 1,162 this year.
According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), all seven deaths were classified as suspected measles fatalities.
No new confirmed measles deaths were reported during the period.
The number of suspected measles deaths has now reached 1,058, while confirmed deaths remain unchanged at 104.
The DGHS recorded 1,180 new suspected measles cases in the latest 24-hour period, raising the nationwide total to 2,05,028.
Meanwhile, 93 additional cases were confirmed, bringing the cumulative number of laboratory-confirmed measles infections to 22,421.
Since 15 March this year, a total of 1,82,047 patients with suspected measles have been hospitalised nationwide, according to the DGHS. Of them, 1,74,469 have recovered.
