Mumbai Worst-Hit by the infection…
In Maharashtra, the number of measles cases reported since the start of the year has reached 717, including 303 in Mumbai, the state health department said.
The infection, which mostly affects children, has claimed 14 lives so far, it said on Tuesday.
Only in Mumbai, 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 health 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.
Mumbai also registered 11,390 suspected cases since January 1, 2022. The state recorded 1,337 confirmed cases in 2019, 2,150 in 2020, and 3,668 last year, according to official data.
Of the 14 patients who died due to measles this year, only one was vaccinated, the statement said.
Four of the patients who died were infants in the 0-11 months age group, eight were in the 12-24 months age group, and two were adults in the 25-60 age group. Six of the dead were female.
Mumbai reported 10 deaths since the start of this year, Bhiwandi three, and Vasai-Virar area one.
An inoculation drive is being undertaken amid the rising cases.
CM Eknath Shinde is regularly reviewing the situation, the release added.
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