Three additional measles cases were reported in South Florida in April as the state, for two consecutive months, ranks fourth in the U.S. for the highest number of cases this year.
As of April 25, the latest data available, there have been a total of 149 measles cases in the state since Jan. 1, Florida Department of Health data shows. The majority of the cases have been recorded in Collier County, with 107, where an outbreak began earlier this year at Ave Maria University.
Broward County recorded two new measles cases, both in children younger than age 4. In total this year, five cases have been confirmed in Broward. Palm Beach County in April recorded its first case of the year in a person between the ages of 15 and 19, the DOH data shows…