Measles Outbreak: Rockland Cases Hit 200

NEW CITY, NY — There are now 200 confirmed reported cases of measles in Rockland County. Health officials updated the number Wednesday on the county's website.

Vaccination rates for confirmed cases as of April 24 are:

• 80.5 percent have had 0 MMRs (measles, mumps and rubella vaccine)
• 5 percent have had 1 MMR
• 3 percent have had 2 MMRs
• 11.5 percent unknown status

Those rates are down across the board from April 18 except for "unknown status," which previously was 10.9 percent.

Age groups for the confirmed cases as of April 24 are:

• Less than 1 year old: 13.5 percent
• 1-3 years: 28.5 percent
• 4-6 years: 15 percent
• 7-18 years: 26 percent
• 19+ years: 17 percent

Officials have said they are worried that the outbreak will spread even further during Passover. The outbreak in Rockland, as in Brooklyn and Queens, is centered in Ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities.

Unvaccinated children continue to be the most vulnerable population — four out of five people who have been infected with the virus since the outbreak started in October, health officials said.

SEE ALSO:

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• Measles Outbreak Is 2nd Biggest Since U.S. Eradicated Virus: CDC

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