Oct 2 (Reuters) – Pennsylvania’s health \u2060department \u2060reported 977 measles \u2060cases as of Friday, according \u200bto its website, as the state continues \u200cto battle a fast-growing \u200coutbreak of the disease.<\/p>\n
Here are \u2060more \u2060details:<\/p>\n
\u2022 The new figures follow the state’s report \u200bon Wednesday of a fifth measles-associated death, involving an unvaccinated Lancaster County resident.<\/p>\n
\u2022 \u200bAll five people who have died from \u2060the \u2060disease in Pennsylvania this \u2060year \u200bwere unvaccinated.<\/p>\n
\u2022 The US Centers for Disease \u200bControl and \u2060Prevention has confirmed only two measles-related deaths nationwide this year, without naming the states.<\/p>\n
\u2022 The US has recorded \u20603,887 measles cases this year as of October 1, \u2060according to CDC data.<\/p>\n
\u2022 The CDC has said it is working with state epidemiologists on a standard definition for measles-related deaths.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Pennsylvania remains the center of the nation’s measles surge.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Measles is a highly contagious \u2060viral disease but preventable with the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine, which is 97% effective after two doses.<\/p>\n
(Reporting \u200bby Kamal Choudhury in Bengaluru; Editing \u200bby Shailesh Kuber)<\/p>\n
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