MITHI: Three more children died on Friday due to malnutrition in Civil Hospital Mithi, raising the death toll to 69 in the current year. As per details, the now-deceased children were under treatment with 16 others in the hospital. The Sindh health department has confirmed at least 18 deaths in the last month due to malnutrition in the drought-hit arid zone of Thar which is aggravated by the inattention of the government.