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Second measles case confirmed in Cayuga County

Second measles case confirmed in Cayuga County

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AUBURN, NY (607NewsNow) – Another case of measles in Cayuga County.

On October 16, the Cayuga County Health Department announced that the case was confirmed by laboratory testing.

It’s Cayuga County’s second positive case overall and its first since September 8. The New York State Department of Health releases new data every Tuesday for the previous week, and last week, the total number of measles cases outside New York City had climbed to 128.

In the most recently released data, Seneca County had the most cases in the Empire State with 22; Otsego County had 21, and Steuben County had 18. Tompkins County, Schuyler County, Broome County, and Onondaga County were still reporting zero cases.

You can track cases by county on the New York State Department of Health measles dashboard.

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