Measles Outbreak: 717 Cases In Maharashtra This Year, Mumbai Worst-Hit
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Measles, a viral infection that mostly affects children, has claimed 14 lives so far, said the Maharashtra health department.
The number of measles cases reported in Maharashtra since the start of the year has reached 717, including 303 in Mumbai, the state health department said. The viral infection, which mostly affects children, has claimed 14 lives so far, it said on Tuesday. In Mumbai alone, 10 deaths due to measles have been reported as of November 28, the official release said.
On Tuesday, Mumbai recorded five fresh measles cases and one suspected death, the city's civic body said in a bulletin.
Since January, 70 cases of infection have been reported in Malegaon city in Nashik district and 48 in Bhiwandi near Mumbai. Mumbai has recorded 74 outbreaks so far this year.
If there are five suspected cases within a week of which more than two are confirmed by the laboratory, then it is termed an outbreak.
