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Measles Cases and Outbreaks

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention;
World Health Organization

Measles Cases in 2020 • This is the greatest number of cases reported in the U.S.
since 1992. More than 73% of the cases were linked to
As of January 31, 2020, there have been 5 confirmed cases of recent outbreaks in New York. The majority of cases
measles in 5 states.
were among people who were not vaccinated against
measles. Measles is more likely to spread and cause out-
Measles Cases in 2019 breaks in U.S. communities where groups of people are
unvaccinated.
• From January 1 to December 31, 2019, 1,282 individual • All measles cases were caused by measles wild-type D8
cases of measles were confirmed in 31 states. Of these or B3.
cases, 128 were hospitalized and 61 reported having
complications, including pneumonia and encephalitis.

NUMBER OF MEASLES CASES REPORTED BY YEAR
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Jan 2020
63 220 55 187 667 188 86 120 375 1282 5
Source: https://www.cdc.gov/measles/cases-outbreaks.html

Source: https://www.who.int/immunization/monitoring_surveillance/burden/vpd/surveillance_type/active/measles_monthlydata/en/

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