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Child dies as almost 2,500 people infected with measles this year

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A child has died and almost 2,500 people have been infected with measles this year - as our map shows the areas with the most lab-confirmed infections of this once-eradicated disease.

According to the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) there have been 78 lab-confirmed cases of measles since the last update two weeks ago.

That brings the total number of cases in England this year up to 2,465, as of September 9. The vast majority, 61 per cent, or 1,513 infections, were in children aged 10 and younger. READ MORE 'Maybe Martyn's death wasn't for nothing...

now others will be safer' The UKHSA has now confirmed that a young person died from acute measles in the first quarter of this year, the first in England since the current outbreak began.

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