DOH: Measles infections on the rise in Pennsylvania as CDC reports highest number of cases

PENNSYLVANIA (WJAC) — The number of patients diagnosed with measles continues to rise across the country as the CDC reports that, so far this year, more than 2,300 cases have been identified.

Health officials say that is the highest number of cases for the disease in 35 years.

According to the CDC, 93% of those infected with the disease are unvaccinated.

In Pennsylvania, the state Department of Health recently confirmed that a Snyder County resident tested positive and is believed to have exposed others at a Lowe’s store in Selinsgrove.

That is the first case in Snyder County and as we look around the state, reports show that the most cases are in Lancaster County – which has 83.

And the two cases closest to our region include one case in Indiana County and one confirmed in Mifflin County.