Pennsylvania added 86 measles cases in a single week, bringing the state total to 460 across 31 counties with 83 hospitalizations, according to the state health department dashboard updated August 28. The virus also moved into two counties in western Pennsylvania for the first time, with Butler and Westmoreland each reporting a case.
That growth is landing while parents in the outbreak zone are hearing two different public accounts of what happened in the state's two measles-associated deaths. The Pennsylvania Department of Health has classified both as measles-associated. The Lancaster County coroner has said the newborn he examined died of a ruptured spleen and that he does not consider measles the cause of death.
