5-Month-Old In Mumbai Dies Of Measles, Death Count Up To 9: Civic Body

The detection of three new cases took the tally to 475, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation official added.

A five-month-old boy from the eastern suburb of Govandi has died of measles, taking the number of confirmed deaths from the infection in Mumbai to nine, a civic official said today.

The detection of three new cases took the tally to 475, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation official added.

The city has also witnessed five deaths, though confirmation of it being caused by measles is yet to be received, he said.

The five-month-old boy, who was not eligible for measles vaccination, died in Govandi on December 13 of "acute respiratory failure due to bronchopneumonia with measles".