At least 314 cases of measles have been reported in the US so far this year, the CDC says. There were 372 cases in all of 2018.
At least 314 cases of measles have been reported in the United States since January 1, according to national numbers shared Monday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
That's 46 more than the number reported by the agency last week and includes illnesses reported by state health departments to the CDC through March 21. This year's number is 58 shy of the 372 cases reported in all of 2018, the second-highest number in more than two decades.
New York has reported at least 342 cases since October in an ongoing outbreak in Brooklyn and Rockland County. At least 23 of the Brooklyn cases were reported as of March 19; four new cases were reported in Rockland County as of Thursday. Connecticut reported at least two cases of measles last month but has not reported additional cases since. Kentucky also reported one case in February and none since then. As of February 27, Colorado had one case of the illness.
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