What This Story Is About
A child was treated for measles at a Nashville hospital this week.
Why It Matters
State data indicates this is one of the first cases of measles this year in the Nashville-Davidson County region.
For Context
State data shows there have been at least nine measles cases this year in Tennessee.
Catch Up
Here’s what to know about the state of measles in Tennessee.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt has confirmed they treated a child with measles this week.
The hospital confirmed the case to WSMV4 on Thursday morning.
Hospital officials say the child was admitted overnight Sunday into Monday morning. The child has since been discharged from the hospital, officials said.
This is one of the first cases reported in the Nashville-Davidson County region of the state this year, according to data from the Tennessee Department of Health.
It was not immediately clear if the child was vaccinated.
There have been at least nine other confirmed cases of measles this year, per TDOH data last updated October 23. About a third of the cases have been in kids ages 5 to 17, and a little over half were in adults ages 18 to 49.
East Tennessee has seen the majority of those cases this year, with 67% of this year’s cases – or about 6 of them – occurring there.
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect that this is the second case of measles in the Nashville-Davidson County region this year.
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