Kansas measles cases increasing with many patients having one thing in common
TOPEKA, Kan. (KCTV) - The number of measles cases in Kansas increased for the fourth straight week.
As of April 9, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment shows 32 measles cases in the state. All of the cases are located in a section of eight counties in the southwest part of the state.
Those counties are in gold in the following map that was provided by the department of health.
The cases breakdown like this:
- Morton
- 5 or fewer cases
- Stevens
- 7 cases
- Grant
- 5 or fewer cases
- Haskell
- 8 cases
- Finney
- 5 or fewer cases
- Gray
- 5 or fewer cases
- Ford
- 5 or fewer cases
- Kiowa
- 6 cases
According to data provided by the KDHE, 26 of the cases are in people under the age of 18. That includes 10 cases in children under the age of five.
The majority of the cases involve people who are not vaccinated.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows there are more than 600 confirmed cases of measles in 22 states.
Two people have died from the measles outbreak. There are an additional 74 people hospitalized across the country with the measles.
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