PTI

Mumbai, November 24

Mumbai has recorded 13 new instances of measles and one dying associated to the illness, taking the an infection tally this yr up to now to 233 and the fatality toll to 12, in keeping with town civic physique.

As many as 30 new measles sufferers had been admitted to civic or state-run hospitals within the metropolis on Wednesday whereas 22 sufferers had been discharged, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) mentioned in a launch.

Also, 156 suspected measles instances had been discovered through the BMC’s surveys, the discharge mentioned on Wednesday.

The viral illness is extra frequent amongst kids.

An eight-month-old boy from neighbouring Bhiwandi, affected by measles, died in a metropolis hospital on Tuesday night, taking the toll within the metropolis this yr up to now to 12, the civic physique mentioned.

The little one developed rashes all around the physique on November 20 and was admitted to a BMC hospital on Tuesday night however died inside a number of hours, the official assertion mentioned, including the reason for dying can be ascertained after an post-mortem.

The variety of suspected measles instances detected up to now this yr additionally rose to three,534 with 156 new suspected instances with synonyms like fever and rash coming to gentle, it mentioned.

Civic officers screened greater than 3.04 lakh households in 24 hours.

Measles outbreak had been reported in 22 places in 11 of the 24 civic wards. But the 13 new confirmed instances had been from seven totally different wards, together with A ward in South Mumbai, the BMC mentioned.

“All cases of fever with rash are administered two doses of Vitamin-A,” the BMC launch mentioned, including the second dose is given after 24 hours.

Presently, measles sufferers are admitted in eight metropolis hospitals: Kasturba Hospital, Shivaji Nagar Maternity Home, Bharatratna Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Hospital, Rajawadi Hospital, Shatabdi Hospital, Kurla Bhabha Hospital, Krantijyoti Savitribai Phule hospital, Borivali, and Seven Hills Hospital.

Of the 370 beds together with oxygen and ICU beds earmarked for measles sufferers in these hospitals, 113 beds are occupied, in keeping with the BMC.