THE NUMBER OF CONFIRMED MEASLES CASES IN KENTUCKY CONTINUE TO RISE…..ACCORDING TO THE KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT FOR PUBLIC HEALTH…..
CURRENTLY THERE ARE 43 CONFIRMED CASES OF MEASLES IN THE COMMONWEALTH….WITH 39 OF THEM IN THE CURRENT OUTBREAK……AT THE END OF AUGUST……
THE NUMBER OF CONFIRMED CASES WAS 29…..
ALL 43 CASES INVOLVE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE UNVACCINATED OR WHOSE VACCINATION STATUS HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED….THREE OF THE PATIENTS HAVE REQUIRED
HOSPITALIZATION…….