Mumbai, Dec 7 (PTI) Mumbai on Wednesday recorded 12 measles infections but no fresh fatality, taking the tally of the cases recorded so far this year to 432, the city civic body said. <br> The death toll since January 1 remained unchanged at eight while three suspected fatalities due to measles are yet to be confirmed.<br> Out of the total 1,88,013 children in the age group of nine months to five years in 51 health posts, 17,884 children were given additional doses of measles-rubella special dose, a BMC release said.<br> It said of the 3,569 children in the age group of six to nine months in 14 health posts, where the measles cases in the age group of the sub-9 month are more than 10 per cent of the total laboratory-confirmed cases, 792 were given the zero dose of measles-rubella vaccine.<br> A total of 42 children were admitted to hospitals in the city during the day, and 18 children were discharged.<br> Maharashtra has recorded 859 measles cases until November 5 and 18 deaths linked to the disease, most of them from the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), according to the state health department's bulletin. <br> A special inoculation drive will be carried out in two phases from December 15 to 25 and from January 15 to 25, 2023, it said. <br> Maharashtra has recorded 874 cases of measles until December 7 this year.<br> The fatalities stood at 18.<br> A total of 17,310 children have been administered the first dose of measles and rubella and 9,864 have been given the second dose, the bulletin said. PTI KK PR<br>NSK NSK
