[DAWN] UMERKOT: The drought-like condition in Tharparkar district claimed the lives of nine more infants on Tuesday, putting the total number of child deaths from malnutrition to an alarming 100 in nearly two months.The corpse count from tehsil Chhachhro rose to six, with reports of three more infant deaths in Hayat Halepoto village. Three infants had died earlier today in village Alamsar of tehsil Chhachhro.
Earlier, two other children died at the Civil Hospital in Mithi. The death of another infant was reported from tehsil Diplo, raising the total number of deaths on Tuesday to nine.
Doctors told Dawn today that the reasons behind the deaths were malnutrition, pneumonia and diarrhoea.