Measles outbreak hits Bucks County, as Pennsylvania tops 1,500 cases

A case of the measles has been identified in a Bucks County resident, as the outbreak continues to surge in Pennsylvania. The Bucks County Health Department announced Nov.

9 that a local, who recently traveled to “an area of central Pennsylvania that has reported many measles cases this year,” tested positive for the disease.

The announcement comes as the outbreak in the Commonwealth climbs to more than 1,500 cases across two-thirds of the state, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health’s measles dashboard as of Nov.

9. These cases included 290 hospitalizations and six measles-associated deaths.