20 August 2018: Measles - Epidemiological Update

Between epidemiological week (EW) 1 and EW 33 of 2018, a total of 5,004 confirmed measles cases, including 68 deaths, were reported in 11 countries in the Region of the Americas: Antigua and Barbuda (1 case), Argentina (8 cases), Brazil (1,237 cases, including 6 deaths), Canada (19 cases), Colombia (60 cases), Ecuador (17 cases), Guatemala (1 case), Mexico (5 cases), Peru (4 cases), the United States (107 cases), and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (3,545 cases, including 62 deaths).