Public health Ontario Said 173 other people were infected with measles in the province in last week, bringing the number of cases to 1,795 since the start of the epidemic last October.
“This is 173 cases that we do not want to see,” said Dr. Sarah Wilson, a public health doctor of the agency.
Ontario’s weekly health of public health measles, published on Thursday, said the virus continues to spread mainly among people who had not been vaccinated.
“Eighty-five percent of the cases are either non-immunized or with a history of unknown immunization, and three-quarters of epidemic cases are in young people under the age of 20, so measles (IS) has an impact on babies, children and adolescents,” said Wilson.
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The last number of cases is “coherent” with the province’s measles reports in recent weeks, she said, adding that there were 10 additional hospitalizations.
The report indicates that a total of 129 people needed hospitalization throughout the epidemic, 10 people admitted to intensive care.
Although new cases of measles have been reported in a dozen public health units across the province, most cases are concentrated in “pockets of individuals and undervalued communities” in certain parts of the southwest OntarioSaid Wilson.
The Southwest Public Health Unit, which includes the County of Oxford, the County of Elgin and St. Thomas, continues to be the hardest affected, with 98 of the new cases, according to the report.
The Huron Perth Public Health Unit reported 22 new cases, Grand Erie Public Health reported 14 and Chatham-Kent Public Health reported 10.
Earlier this month, two secondary schools in the Waterloo region each had a confirmed case of measles and temporarily closed.
Measles have emerged in several parts of Canada, including Alberta, which has had more than 500 cases since March.
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